No, This Time You Really Do Have Limited Access

I get those "you have limited access" emails that are supposedly from PayPal all the time. Obviously they are phishing. So I got another one, and this time I actually looked at it. Mostly because I wanted to report it as phishing in Gmail. What caught my eye was that there was no link in the email. I thought ... don't tell me I actually have limited access! Yeah, I did. PayPal had made some changes, including requiring me to change my password and to add some security questions. I logged in from a different browser and directly from the PayPal site, to be sure. I was amazed. I also realized that the phishing scams were reducing my security not by catching me, but because they almost made me skip something I really needed to do! Oh, and hey, PayPal, yeah, changing the password might be a good idea for some, but mine is really, really strong. So I changed it ... and changed it back. Thanks, anyway.

Tags: PayPal, Phishing, Security