> What Amazon should be doing is letting you cancel an Amazon account if you know what credit card information it's using, like the author of this blog tried to do.
As you note, this has a flaw:
> The flaw is if your credit card info is leaked and someone cancels your Amazon account. But I see that as vastly superior to just having a random unauthorized Amazon account somewhere out there with your leaked credit card info in it making unauthorized purchases.
I don't see why it needs to be all or nothing. Just remove that credit card from the account, and block it from being added back. That lets you stop someone who has your card on their account, without opening you up to having your Amazon account canceled if someone gets your leaked info and wants to be a jerk.
That solution is still better than what Amazon is currently doing, and I do like it. My reasoning is that an account being accused of fraud shouldn't be left open. But I suppose a fraudster isn't inconvenienced by having to create a new Amazon account and continuing their fraud there.
As you note, this has a flaw:
> The flaw is if your credit card info is leaked and someone cancels your Amazon account. But I see that as vastly superior to just having a random unauthorized Amazon account somewhere out there with your leaked credit card info in it making unauthorized purchases.
I don't see why it needs to be all or nothing. Just remove that credit card from the account, and block it from being added back. That lets you stop someone who has your card on their account, without opening you up to having your Amazon account canceled if someone gets your leaked info and wants to be a jerk.