How to Increase PayPal Security Using VPN
By Paul Liu
Friday, March 15th, 2013
PayPal is one of the safest and easiest ways to shop online and transfer money to people located all over the world. PayPal acts as a digital wallet allowing you to pay for your purchases without revealing your banking accounts or credit card details. Since your PayPal account contains a lot of your personal and financial information such as your name, address, social security number, bank account information as well as credit card details; security of your PayPal account must be your top priority.
A lot of people are not aware of this but PayPal uses sophisticated algorithms to track payments, money transfers and login details of its members. This is primarily done to prevent theft and fraud but it also helps in safeguarding personal and financial information of PayPal members. If the PayPal details of a member are compromised for some reason, they could be subjected to fraud, monetary loss or identity theft. A stolen PayPal account can not be used for online shopping but it could also be used to fund illegal activities that may get you in trouble with law enforcement authorities.
How Can Your PayPal Account Details Be Compromised?
Now that you are aware that losing a PayPal account could prove catastrophic, it’s time to see how your PayPal account could be compromised. If you use a Wi-Fi network at home or use public Wi-Fi hotspots at cafes, universities, malls, airports or hotels then you need to be extra careful about securing your PayPal account. These networks are not considered secure and it is easy for hackers and snoopers to steal your personal information including your PayPal account details. Likewise if you travel a lot and use your PayPal account from different locations and countries, the PayPal team could block your account and ask you to furnish identity proof to confirm that you are indeed the owner of the account.
How To Protect Your PayPal Account?
If you are concerned about protecting your PayPal account then you must consider using a secure online solution such as a virtual private network (VPN). A VPN creates a secure tunnel for all online activities that cannot be hacked or broken into even by sophisticated algorithms or hackers. Not only that, the VPN provider would assign you an IP address from the country of your choice so that you can bypass PayPal monitoring by logging from the same city and country regardless of how many countries you visit.
It is better to get a dedicated IP address from a location near your city so that your IP address remains the same every time you use the PayPal account. It is also recommended that you consult VPN providers whether it is safe to use their VPN accounts to access PayPal and whether or not their IP addresses are banned by PayPal before your subscribe to a VPN plan. It is also a good idea not to use the same PayPal account to pay the monthly VPN subscription to avoid any potential problems.
There are several renowned VPN providers such as HideMyAss, IPVanish, StrongVPN, ExpressVPN, PureVPN etc. that provide excellent solutions to protect your personal details such as your PayPal account information. These providers provide secure VPN softwares that can be installed and configured on a variety of devices like Android based smartphones and tablets, iPhones, iPads, laptops apart from the desktop computers. Considering how vital PayPal account is to everyone, it makes sense to subscribe to a VPN to protect it from misuse.
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March 15, 2013