PayPal security keys are now available for purchase, offering consumers the option vastly enhanced protection against account breaches.

The ID token generates a new, security code every 30 seconds. When you login to complete a PayPal transaction, you must enter the six-digit code. Your token is unique to your account.

The security keys are now available for $5 purchase at PayPal.

Even if you’re a dumbass and get successfully phished and enter your email, password, and token id, that information will only be good for 30 seconds. The worst part of many account breaches isn’t the first attack, it’s the 100 other guys the info gets sold to. — BEN POPKEN

PayPal Security Key [Official Site]

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