You should not assume your password manager is unhackable.
That’s my main point. Perfect is an enemy of good indeed, but I feel that doing things properly the first time is a good idea in general, especially when it as easy as using a different app for your TOTP tokens. It’s a low hanging fruit really.
Until next time they try to push through something similarly stupid. Now it’s EU’s turn to make their mind too.
- Settings -> General -> Language & Region -> Region
- Settings -> YOUR NAME -> Media & Purchases -> Account Settings -> Country/Region
Both must be changed to a different region to fully switch. Requires a valid payment method from that region (e.g. a debit card from that region). There are consequences to changing regions too, so be careful.
From my experience, sometimes you also need to contact Apple support to finish the change process. Otherwise it may just revert back.
Overall, Amazon surely knows where you are now and it will be set in your Amazon account, I suspect there is nothing you can do.
The best way to achieve what you want is to boot something like TailsOS and create a new account while under the VPN in that region. With a payment method from that region.
VPNs are not magic. Most big companies nowadays have means of detecting actual user locations, which is pretty trivial if you use an app or an operating system that leaks data when under the VPN.
It is reasonable yet subpar under a threat model where you do not trust any single provider, which is a model I find appropriate most of the time.