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Amazon Change Means Wishlists Might Expose Your Address (www.404media.co)
submitted 13 hours ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Amazon is telling people who use its wishlists feature to switch to post office boxes or non-residential delivery addresses if they want to ensure their home addresses remain private, as part of a change in how it processes gifts bought from third-party sellers. The change is especially concerning to many sex workers, influencers and public figures who use Amazon wishlists to receive gifts from fans and clients.

First spotted by adult content creators raising the alarm on social media, the changes open anyone who uses wishlists publicly to increased privacy risk unless they change how they receive packages.

In an email sent to list holders, Amazon said beginning March 25, it will reveal users’ shipping addresses to third-party sellers. The platform added that gift purchasers might end up seeing your address as part of this process, too.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260225203949/https://www.404media.co/amazon-wishlist-address-private-third-party/

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[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Shouldn't a wishlist mean that it isn't shipped at all though? Why would wishlisting expose your home address?

[–] Tinks@lemmy.world 17 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Because people can buy stuff off your wishlist and have it shipped to you. In its current form, it doesn't expose your address to the buyer, but apparently the change may do that.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

I understood it to mean that wishlists currently only offer things shipped by Amazon, so they don't share your address with other sellers, but they're going to change wishlists so they offer things from third party sellers, who will need your address to ship things to you. So they're going to start sharing your address with these sellers.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It also seems like the person buying the gift might get to see the address, which is the problematic part.

That statement might just be a CYA in case a 3rd party seller accidentally gives out the address.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev -1 points 5 hours ago
  1. Register yourself as a seller
  2. Register a product in the target's wish-list
  3. Choose your fake seller during checkout
[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

that's how I understand it as well. but I'm not familiar with using wishlists or Amazon anymore so I can't be sure that's what it means

but, uh, yeah this seems fine?

they're adding functionality by allowing wishlists to use third party sold items. you don't have to use third party sellers, just don't put those on your list

as long as this is clearly explained and identifiable on product pages, and it can't change without you knowing about it and having time to respond, this seems fine?