Ask HN: Does Amazon AWS Console Have Issues with Password Managers?

Posted by delduca on Thursday February 22, 2024 @06:03AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Every time I go to the Amazon AWS portal using my password manager (Dashlane), which auto-fills the email and password fields in a fraction of a second, I get stuck in an infinite captcha loop. I answer more than 20 captchas and still can't log in.

So, I had the idea to edit the fields, remove a character, add it back, and continue with the login, and magically, I'm logged in without having to answer any captchas.

What kind of nonsensical security do they have? I don't have issues with any other site, and it works perfectly on Amazon itself.

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Re:Ask HN: Does Amazon AWS Console Have Issues with Password... by meribold on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @06:02PM (#39544645)

I managed to log in again following a few days with failed attempts because of your post. Thank you! I use `xdotool` to autotype my email address and was also consistently presented with endless captchas that I couldn't get past. Now I just typed my email address by hand. No captchas. Seems pretty ridiculous indeed.

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Re:Ask HN: Does Amazon AWS Console Have Issues with Password... by rabbitsfoot8 on Monday March 11, 2024 @08:07AM (#39667108)

Am still having the same issue, happened all of a sudden last week. Do you know if it happens with other password lockers?

Removing a char from the email and adding it back again doesn't solve it for me

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Re:Ask HN: Does Amazon AWS Console Have Issues with Password... by meribold on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @05:44PM (#39685347)

I don't know. But what worked in my case was typing the whole email address by hand.

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