AWS doesn’t know who I am

#1

Post by kiyanwang » Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 8:56 AM UTC

AWS doesn’t know who I am
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#2

Post by yellow_lead » Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 9:14 AM UTC

I'm not sure this is actually a good idea. Do I want AWS to contact me about my work account via my personal account? Do I want to get my personal card charged for work expenses or vice versa? I don't see what types of configuration would be useful to keep across accounts.

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#3

Post by aoms » Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 9:30 AM UTC

No thank you

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#4

Post by Canada » Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 9:31 AM UTC

I don't agree at all. I don't want to use the same account across multiple organizations.

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#5

Post by saba2008 » Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 9:37 AM UTC

Idea of some grouping tool, orthogonal to security and account managment, used to store personal preferences/notification settings/social network links sound reasonable.

Idea of 'identity for the human' reeks of ghastly surveillance and control. AWS has no business with 'the human', only with client - it's not my family, it's not my friend, it's not a law enforcing state with monopoly for violence.

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#6

Post by zamaterian » Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 9:48 AM UTC

Madness, if you get blocked by aws in one of their accounts. Wave good by to all the other accounts

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#7

Post by goforbg » Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 9:58 AM UTC

zamaterian wrote: post #6

Madness, if you get blocked by aws in one of their accounts. Wave good by to all the other accounts

Exactly. I don't want this for the exact same reason.

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#8

Post by StreamBright » Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 10:00 AM UTC

Sorry, but I disagree. The less any of these FAAMNG companies know about me or the identities I use is the better.

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#9

Post by cagataygurturk » Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 10:06 AM UTC

The author is looking for Google Cloud‘s IAM architecture.

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#10

Post by YPPH » Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 10:08 AM UTC

Some of these are legitimate grievances but it seems quite reasonable to have separate accounts for work and play.

What I do despise is that my Amazon.com credentials are the same as my Amazon AWS root account credentials. They aren't equals. The services share the name of a rainforest and a very rich CEO but that's about where the similarities end for my part.

I'd rather not have to plug in my AWS root account credentials when I get the urge to impulse buy a robotic vacuum cleaner.