just a pretty girl 🏳️‍⚧️Feb 25
Ginny Mae ​

important safety/security concern if you have an accessible amazon wishlist and especially if you use it to receive things from internet people or other strangers: you can no longer disable sharing your address with third party sellers. These folks can and often do disclose it to the purchaser.

And, to be clear, anyone can be a third party seller on Amazon which means anyone can get your physical shipping address and full name with ease.

Despite what this email says, the Amazon list page says this functionality is already disabled thus you are already at risk ("This setting will no longer be supported starting February 25, 2026. After this date, third-party sellers will receive your shipping address to fulfill orders.")

This is bad. If you have any hope for privacy and do not use a PO Box, make sure to unshare your lists.

Feb 25 at 8:04pmWeb
Show threadthe sophari™ is currently awayFeb 25
@gintoxicating wouldnt you still be safe if you only added products 'sold & shipped by amazon'?
Show threadGinny Mae ​Feb 25
@soph a third party seller could still list most items (or often they can add anything to the order). Previously you could tell Amazon to not allow that but that is the option they’re removing.
Show thread089chrisFeb 26

@soph @gintoxicating

The problem is that this can change at any time.

Show threadGinny Mae ​Feb 26

@089chris @soph exactly. the setting they removed let someone say “only Amazon shipped products”, so there’s no way to be sure that doesn’t happen.

probably an easier way than hoping a third party leaks the info, i assume they pick cheapest or something for fulfilling the gift. so a bad actor signs up for a free Amazon seller account, lists the item at some really low price, orders it off the list, gets the address

maybe there are some safeguards but it is still strikes me as a viable attack vector

Show threadMason Loring BlissFeb 25

@gintoxicating I posted this yesterday. Seems timely.

https://partychickens.net/@mason/116128064084123138

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Show threadSister Lucy FurFeb 25
@gintoxicating I deleted Crapazon years ago and don't miss it in the slightest.
Show threadDr Susi ArnottFeb 25
@gintoxicating As if you needed another reason to #boycottAmazon
Show threadDr Ro SmithFeb 25
@gintoxicating 😫
Show threadAlan Miller  🇺🇦Feb 26
@gintoxicating Interesting, right now it looks like "Add to cart" on someone's list doesn't let you choose which vendor is selected, I wonder if that'll change.
Show threadPhoenixFeb 26
@gintoxicating Wouldn't it only become available when the gifter orders the item off the list? I wouldn't think third parties would be able to get the info without a *reason* to.
Show threadGinny Mae ​Feb 26
@rowansong so someone wanting to cause harm will draw the line and back off because they have to spend $2?
Show threadRachel RawlingsFeb 26
@gintoxicating "In order to prevent accidental data breaches, we have made disclosing your personal information a key feature of the system."
Show threadJoe ❌👑Feb 26
@gintoxicating This is bad, but it looks like the third party only gets your address if someone buys something on your list from a third party, the third party gets the shipping address. Can the person who owns the public wishlist protect themselves by avoiding including any third party items on their list? Or can someone "gift" you an item for the purpose of obtaining your address? I don't know the answer. Or maybe setting the shipping address to a nearby Whole Foods or similar could keep you anonymous.
Show threadGinny Mae ​Feb 26

@not2b most items can be sold by a third party and Amazon will choose who fulfills the order, so there’s no way to avoid the possibility of it happening.

Which means it’d be pretty easy for someone to order something and have a good chance of getting address information (eg from a shipping email maybe)

For a wishlist address you have to supply a physical mailing address; free options for pickup like Whole Foods aren’t an option from what I can tell. And things like a PO Box can be expensive

Show threadAnthonyJK-AdminFeb 26

@gintoxicating

Gotta feed those AI scrapers, huh? Thankfully, I don't do Amazon gift sharing at all.

Show threadProf. Rachel Thorn 🍉🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️Feb 26
@gintoxicating
Yikes! I quit ordering from Amazon almost two years ago, but it looks like I may need to just delete the whole damned account. This is outrageous.
Show threadSilver HuskeyFeb 26
@gintoxicating Thanks for sharing this!