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Ask HN: Is this a huge security hole in Amazon?

1 points by raleec 8y ago

I just went to sellercentral.amazon.com/hz/fba/profitablilitycalculator/index and clicked on the search field for "find your product" The autocomplete displayed my username and ssn. Does anyone know if this is a leak in amazon, or if it's pulling it from a local cache?

moviuro 8y ago
That's your browser acting up (hopefully). Chrome usually highlights automatic completion with yellow background. See https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/142893?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/142893?co=GENIE.Pla... , https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/password-manager-remember-delete-change-and-import https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/password-manager-rememb...
- raleec 8y ago
  I truly hope so... this is a work machine though, so the fact that it has my ssn is definitely a problem...
  - cimmanom 8y ago
    Why would you think it's Amazon? Have you given them your SSN?
QuinnyPig 8y ago
This is almost certainly your browser auto filling.
raleec 8y ago
screenshot of problem: http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o534/raleec/amzn_insecurity_zpsb5kxegi3.png http://i1146.photobucket.com/albums/o534/raleec/amzn_insecur...