Rant..!! Passwords...

[Swokie63]

For a couple decades I used the same password(yeah, maybe not smart but I remembered it)..
You'd never guess what it was, no matter how well you knew me or my history..(it had nothing to do me)
Then i had to add a cap, then a number, then a special character, then it had to be at least 8 characters long..
Some have to be between 8 and 16 characters, some can go up to 32..

Trying to add my AMHD acct to other devices, it prompts me to change my password, I don't want to..
It meets their criteria, and I'll never forget it.. I sent them an email., this was the response(it doesn't work)..

Sorry about the problem with the prompt to change your password when you don't want to.

What you can do since you don't want to change the password is to go to the Amazon website and choose the option to change the password but use the same password when prompted for the new password.

Ideally you shouldn't reuse the same password for security reasons but if you want to then:
- Go to https://amazon.com
- Click on Account & Lists on the top right
- Click on Login & Security
- Click on Edit next to Password
- Type in the same password under Current password, New password, Reenter new password fields.
- Log out of Amazon and go to https://music.amazon.com and login
- If this works correctly then try logging in to the music app
- Uninstall and re-install your music app if it still has a problem

This is what I got..



Now I have to change my frickin password to get back in..!!

 

[Chris Brown]

I get that it's annoying, but having a password in 2021 isn't like remembering the combo on your masterlock combination lock. It doesn't matter if it's a complicated password, if it's hard to guess, or how it relates to your history. That's not how most passwords are stolen these days. There are any number of ways in which a password can be stolen now, even through no fault of your own. They are typically stolen via data breaches or compromised devices, in which case they will have your password no matter how "secure" it is. Using the same password on multiple sites only further increases the potential damages you can suffer.

You can't blame sites for being anal about passwords because people don't like to take responsibility when their own passwords are compromised. If your Amazon password is compromised, and someone buys thousands of dollars of stuff using your account, you aren't going to just say "oh well" and take the hit. More than likely, you will expect Amazon to help you process refunds, etc. That means Amazon has to deal with your mistake, giving them obvious incentive to "help" you not make that mistake in the first place.

I would recommend setting up 2-factor authentication (usually a confirmation on a 2nd device whenever you log into something). That will be better than any single password, no matter how secure that password is.

 

[kinswad]

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For a couple decades I used the same password(yeah, maybe not smart but I remembered it)..
You'd never guess what it was, no matter how well you knew me or my history..(it had nothing to do me)
Then i had to add a cap, then a number, then a special character, then it had to be at least 8 characters long..
Some have to be between 8 and 16 characters, some can go up to 32..

Trying to add my AMHD acct to other devices, it prompts me to change my password, I don't want to..
It meets their criteria, and I'll never forget it.. I sent them an email., this was the response(it doesn't work)..

Sorry about the problem with the prompt to change your password when you don't want to.

What you can do since you don't want to change the password is to go to the Amazon website and choose the option to change the password but use the same password when prompted for the new password.

Ideally you shouldn't reuse the same password for security reasons but if you want to then:
- Go to https://amazon.com
- Click on Account & Lists on the top right
- Click on Login & Security
- Click on Edit next to Password
- Type in the same password under Current password, New password, Reenter new password fields.
- Log out of Amazon and go to https://music.amazon.com and login
- If this works correctly then try logging in to the music app
- Uninstall and re-install your music app if it still has a problem

This is what I got..

View attachment 2155229

Now I have to change my frickin password to get back in..!!

The other thing to remember about passwords is, you don't have to follow the prompts.
If the 'question' is 'your mother's maiden name' you can answer ANYTHING you like! Doesn't matter! As long as you remember WHAT answer you gave.
So 'mother's maiden name' ..... Fr0gG0bbler!
'The system' doesn't check what you supply. As long as it adheres to the rules - at least 1 capital, at least one numeric, at least one lower case, at least one special character
Change letters for numbers. ... ! instead of i
Change letters for speacial characters ... ! instead of I
..
Or use a random character generator.
Really, it's no different to remember 'Antelope' than it is to recall '&8gTeklso'. Honestly, it isn't. It's just a case of recall.
Once you've typed it in a few time, you will remember it

 

[Swokie63]

I understand the reason for passwords, and not blaming them for being anal, it just irritated me.
And, for the record, I use diffent passwords for different sites or apps, and not the one that I referenced above..
But if a site, amazon for example, is breached it wouldn't matter how cryptic my password is..
And they didn't say my acct was possibly threatened, just made me change it when I tried to install their app on another device(using my info)..
Also told me in their email, that I could sidestep the process, which didn't work..

It's all cool now though, I changed my password and have the app on several devices now..

 

[Brianito]

I've used this for over a decade.

https://keepass.info/

 

[Mystic]

OLD GUY OR GAL TRYING TO RESET A PASSWORD...
View attachment 2155219

 

[Dmartn149]

Then i had to add a cap, then a number, then a special character, then it had to be at least 8 characters long..
Some have to be between 8 and 16 characters, some can go up to 32..

Me too. Now I have so many different password, many are ALMOST the same, that I have to keep a list (I know you're not supposed to) I just don't trust those password programs.