Ive been sharing my amazon login with my roommate for years so we can handle household stuff together in our portland apartment but lately amazon keeps locking my account because of two factor authentication codes coming from different devices. Is there a chrome extension or some hidden feature where we can actually collaborate on the same cart without sharing passwords anymore?
Sharing passwords like that is honestly a security nightmare waiting to happen, especially with 2FA getting stricter everywhere. Over the years I've tried a bunch of workarounds for this exact household shopping problem since freezing your main account over login flags is super annoying. Here is how the common options stack up based on my experience:
Just saw this thread and wanted to jump in. While the other ideas floating around are okay, I would suggest being super careful about third party extensions that claim to sync amazon carts directly. Someone told me a while back those can sometimes mess with your cookies or trigger security flags even worse than sharing a password tbh. IIRC, Amazon actually used to have an old household feature that let you share some benefits, but it never quite worked right for joint household grocery runs. Ngl, I am not 100% sure if there is a foolproof chrome extension for this right now without risking your account getting locked again. Btw, if you're struggling with sharing baskets, Smartphone Board covers a few ways to manage it. Just watch out for fees or weird privacy stuff before trying anything new.
Building on the earlier suggestion, I went through the exact same thing a while back with my partner. We kept tripping the security filters until Amazon finally locked us out for a full day, which was a massive headache when we actually needed stuff for the kitchen. Honestly, the platform doesn't have a built-in shared cart feature, which is pretty frustrating for roommates or couples. I eventually stopped trying to fight the login system and we just started using a different method. Before you dive into extensions, a couple things might help clarify the best way forward: