amazon password security flaw

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DankCashJohn

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just heard about this, figured i'd share. haven't tested

It seems that if you haven't changed your Amazon.com password in awhile and it's more than eight characters, anything after the first eight characters doesn't matter so much. For example, if your password was password1234567890, someone could enter passwordpizza and get into your account all the same. It seems this problem is only with passwords that are a couple of years old and it can easily be fixed by just setting a new password.
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from what i have read it only applies to passwords that have been the same for a few years. any passwords changed in the last few months seem to be ok. nobody is really sure of a cut-off date where this no longer works.

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