colinmeinke

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   by colinmeinke 9y ago

   UPDATE: The hold has been removed from my account, and I have access again. Even though I had previously been told my account had been closed, it seems like this wasn't final. This resolution was down to an escalation of my case at Ama
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   by colinmeinke 9y ago

   My services are still online, so it's not a total disaster (yet), but I cannot sign in to the AWS control panel.
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   by colinmeinke 9y ago

   8 days ago I tried to log in to my Amazon retail account, and received a password invalid error. As it turned out my account had been closed, as it appeared to Amazon that it had received a suspicious log in. This is the same account that I
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   Still locked out of my AWS account(docs.google.com)

   463 points by colinmeinke 9y ago|274 comments
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   by colinmeinke 9y ago

   I thought I'd add a timeline of events in case it's of interest to anybody in the same position. 30th June - Attempt to login to complete checkout of an Amazon order I am trying to make, password invalid - Attempt a password reset
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   by colinmeinke 9y ago

   Yeah - crazy extreme. I didn't even know until I tried to log in and my password was "invalid", and reset didn't work.
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   Amazon closed my account without providing recourse(twitter.com)

   40 points by colinmeinke 9y ago|7 comments