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0 pointsusr11064y ago0 comments

I use AWS for a hobby project. It just costs a couple of Euros a month. I am in EU and according to PSD2 every payment would need strong authentication. AWS warns about this but my bank has never required it. I always fear some day they will require the authentication and just these days I will be late with checking mails/accounts, wherever this will turn up and I will notice only when AWS has shut down my server and deleted my data.

I would happily make a 20 or 50 EUR/USD payment in advance to avoid the risk. But AWS is not flexible enough to allow me to do so. I understand in some countries it's possible, but in EU there are no options.

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kilburn4y ago· 1 in thread

I always wondered how AWS/Amazon got away without the strong authentication. It turned out that they don't anymore in my case:

> Your card payment ending in XXXX failed when we attempted to charge it for AWS services on account YYYYYYYYYYYY because it requires additional authentication. To complete the payment, please complete your credit card authentication.

Expect an e-mail with subject "Action required – Your AWS account is past due" if you haven't gone through the authentication process for your card.

Luckily they were pretty noisy about it. I received the first mail about it on Dec 2nd and then reminders on Dec 6th, 9th and 13th. At this point I noticed it and made the payment. They didn't shut down any service meanwhile.

usr1106OP4y ago

It appears to me that they are prepared because they warn about it. But my bank does not follow the rules so the payment goes through without strong authentication.

Good to know that they warn at least 10 days. If that is constant and not dependent on some algorithm. I could not find any information how fast they stop your server and whether data would get locked first or deleted immediately.

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