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Did Amazon recently merge the retail 2FA TOTP setup and the AWS 2FA TOTP setup? My normal retail 2FA TOTP code failed, but my AWS code worked for getting me int
by jjnoakes 10y ago
Did Amazon recently merge the retail 2FA TOTP setup and the AWS 2FA TOTP setup? My normal retail 2FA TOTP code failed, but my AWS code worked for getting me into the retail 2FA settings (and also into the AWS settings).
Which seems really odd to me. Because I know I had two separate 2FA TOTP seeds, one for AWS, one for retail.
Anyone else notice anything like this?
- grapehut 10y agoThat's odd indeed. I have a different 2FA seed for my retail and AWS account, but I've never tried using the wrong one but it's conceivably they allow you to use either
- dazc 10y agoWell what's even more odd is that sometimes they do and sometimes they don't.
- jjnoakes 10y agoI wasn't able to use either though, as I said above. My retail 2FA TOTP failed for my retail account, but my AWS 2FA TOTP worked for my retail account (and for my AWS account). So something shady is going on.
- koolba 10y agoI've read horror stories about people who's personal and seller Amazon accounts were conflated. As such, I recommend keeping AWS and retail usage completely separate. Different email, different card, different name too if possible.
- dazc 10y agoI have had to log in on a different machine twice recently because of this.
- taylorwc 10y agoYes! I had 2FA set up on AWS when they announced it for retail, and after I set that up, my retail one was required to log into AWS.