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Re:Don't use third party auth to sign in on Saturday November 14, 2020 @12:38PM (#25093887)
I recently got locked out of my Amazon account. While trying to get it unlocked, I faced one of the worst experiences with Amazon customer team. I even reached to Jeff's email, but no reply. Finally, I have to file an official complaint in the consumer court to get my account unlock. All of these event took around 14-15 days. During these days, I was suddenly unable to use my Echo, Prime video, Kindle books, readwise, and prime now services. I never really tried any other competitor service before, and was solely reliant on Amazon's offering. That time I realized the amount of power such single sign-in yielded. I can only imagine what happens when you use it for every service via a third party and use it daily, only to suddenly see it lock you out. I hope there's a better way to login in the future, maybe something like trusona or magic

PS: I did not do anything wrong but still suffered lot of psychological pain due to this mistake by Amazon's internal security.

Re:Ask HN: What is your passive income 2020? on Thursday October 22, 2020 @01:11PM (#24860379)
I profit from arbitrage by buying things for people on Amazon via purse.io. I buy discounted gift cards, and order for others they pay me in bitcoin. Net margin is around avg. 10%. I have fulfilled around $8k, netting me $800 easily. However, there are some risks such as amazon taking away your gift card or locking the account. It isn't for everyone, but can be a good side income occasionally
Re:Show HN: Runnaroo – A new search engine on Tuesday July 14, 2020 @02:09AM (#23829039)
Why did you name it Runnaroo? Search engine are supposed to be easy to spell and type. During the last 3 days of my usage, I misspelt Runnaroo every 3rd time I opened it.
You say you read 100+ stories. How do you keep track of all of them? It is easy to forget when you read so much and more difficult to exactly pinpoint where you read it?
Re:Tails 1.0 is out on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @10:53AM (#7673681)
Did Edward Snowden really use it ?
This is Awesome and very useful! BTW did he do it ?
Re:Wolfram Language on Thursday February 27, 2014 @03:56AM (#7311141)
So Wolfram for raspberry Pi is available for free with NOOBS ? eye rolls and Wolfram is chargeable ?
Re:64 Terabyte RAM computer from SGI on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @12:01AM (#7303003)
How much would this cost ?
Re:64 Terabyte RAM computer from SGI on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @12:00AM (#7303001)
Dare to find it!
Re:The Mt. Gox alleged insolvency document has been posted on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @05:53AM (#7296838)
How did you manage to remove the black blur ?
Re:The Mt. Gox alleged insolvency document has been posted on Tuesday February 25, 2014 @05:52AM (#7296833)
how did you managed to remove the blur in the photo ?