I am a big Amazon shopper and usually do it on my laptop. However, yesterday the website was acting strange. I completed my order and then checked proceed to checkout. It gave me the sign on screen to enter my password as it always does but when I tried to type the password it was reading out the letters instead of the “star, star, star” like it usually does. and I could not sign in. I presume this was a problem with Jaws and probably would not affect sighted users. So I figured I would try the Amazon app on my phone and it worked perfectly. My three items showed up and I completed the order easily. But what worries me is that it never asked me to enter my password to complete the order as it does on the regular Amazon website. This means that if anyone else had my phone they could order from my account without ever knowing even my password. And during the checkout process it showed the exact name on the card, the expiration date, and the billing address. The only thing it did not show was the first 12 digits of the card number.
The order went through and I received the regular email about the order. I did physically sign out of the Amazon app before closing it just for safety sake. So to protect yourself in this time of stolen ID’s I would advise you to be sure to actually sign out of the Amazon app. After signing out of the app there is a choice to not sign when opening it. I tried this and was able to search and add items to cart, etc. So beware of signing into the app unless you sign out. HTH, Sherrie Gosling -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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