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• Mechanical Turk requester accounts can use the same email address and password as AWS root accounts.
  However, in order to keep these concerns separate, we recommend using different email accounts for each of AWS, Amazon.com retail store, and Mechanical Turk. 
• MTurk accounts can be linked to AWS accounts for billing purposes. MTurk accounts so linked have their charges included in the charges for the AWS account. Please contact cloud-support@cornell.edu to link your MTurk account.
  • Only one MTurk account can be linked to each AWS account.
  • In order to establish this linkage, the root credentials for the AWS account must be used and so only the Cloud Team can take this step. Please contact cloud-support@cornell.edu to link your MTurk account.
• As of August 2023 , New For MTurk Requester accounts that are created and linked to AWS accounts created after August 2023, the Turk Requester UI web console is ONLY available using the ROOT root login for the account , not another email account.  account.  Since Cornell AWS customers cannot access the root user account for their AWS accounts, they must use the API to manage Turk resources. Alternatively, they can use third-party tools/software that use the API on their behalf to manage Turk resources. For example:
  • Amazon Mechanical Turk Command Line Tools
  • One can specify on the MTurk Account page a Requster name and alternate email for Contact by workers , and a Display Name .
  • One can still use an SDK / CLI script management of the Requester using User Access Keys in the AWS Account that have Mechankical Turk permissions thru attached policies. 
  • https://docswww.aws.amazoncloudresearch.com/AWSMechTurk/latest/AWSMechanicalTurkGettingStartedGuide/SetUp.html#toolsinstallation Alternatively one can use a 3rd party solution like CloudResearch that can provide a UI and use AccessKeys to manage the MTurk Requester functions; Creting HITs,  setup Sandbox,  and interact with Workers, vet workers etc.  products/turkprime-mturk-toolkit/

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