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Real easy to use-- at first. As time went on it got harder and harder to get it to work. Finally it 'lost' my password, so I couldn't use it, and 'Support' never got back to me; but they did send me a 'customer satisfaction survey.' Hah!
I use a service called Privacy [1] to generate virtual card numbers, which I than use with all of my subscriptions. All of the virtual cards are tied to a physical credit card used as the funding source. I get a notification every time a card is charged or a charge is denied (if it's above the set limit or no longer active). This has saved me from fraud where a single-use virtual card # I used to pay for airport... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
Privacy.com is a good one - but I just paypal from temu/ali. Source: 5 months ago
One more option I can think of trying is using privacy.com with you debit card. Source: 5 months ago
Ideally would be something I could buy anonymously with cash since I want to use it on a health related site, but I'd accept a private/name hidden card at least. Not sure if privacy.com cards, wise, or others might work with it. Source: 5 months ago
Lol, Also helpful tip. If you're going to use Fubo you should also use privacy.com. It lets you set up single use cards with spending limits so you don't accidently get charged. You can cancel the cards at anytime too. Source: 5 months ago
Https://privacy.com allows you to create virtual cards with spending limits and use your debit card as a source. Source: 5 months ago
I would get a new card in that situation just in case. I use privacy.com for sketchy online payments like that though. it's super easy to set up a one time use credit card for whatever fixed amount; and it's free. Source: 5 months ago
In the future use privacy.com for any online subscriptions. It allows you to generate cards that are single use, or limited to only allow so much money per month or week, or just to add another layer of security between your actual financial info and the seller. The best part is if something goes awry with a subscription online, as has with DGN, you can close the card completely so that they can't withdraw any... Source: 5 months ago
How does that app work? Go to somewhere like privacy.com and get a card with a set limit and then lawyer up. Source: 5 months ago
I just signed up to premium to get their 1 month free trial. Used a virtual card from privacy.com set at 1 dollar limit then cancelled the card after sign up.. I'll take my 30 free days then fuck YT. Source: 5 months ago
That aside, a lot of cards support the generation of virtual card numbers. I have not tried it so I can't endorse it, but https://privacy.com/ looks like it would do the trick. There is a high chance the clients cards already provide something similar. Source: 5 months ago
Looks like that "catch" is documented by privacy.com. What's the concern? Source: 5 months ago
Is constantly going into the store to buy new prepaid plans in cash necessary? Or are they each linked to the device anyways so its a waste of time and I should just pay with privacy.com to extend my plan? Source: 5 months ago
The total came to $305.36. I used a privacy.com virtual credit card to limit the transaction to $1.00. It failed, and privacy.com emailed me and said the charge was for $5.36 (but failed because I limited it to $1.00). I thought it was going to attempt to charge $305.26, so that was weird. But anyway, I increased the limit to $6.00 and it charged me $5.36 successfully. That was for the eSIM ($4.99+tax). The... Source: 5 months ago
I ordered something, as I always do in an alias name and paid with a privacy.com card. I have ordered this same product previously from this company without issues, but this time they wouldn't hand over the package unless I let them scan my ID. Obviously I don't have an ID in my alias name. Source: 5 months ago
If you are feeling paranoid, many credit card companies offer temporary numbers that you can assign for a single use. (Or, privacy.com will do the same thing if your bank doesn't offer the feature.) If you cancel the service, you simply also cancel the associated card number. I also use the numbers for one-off purchases where the merchant isn't using a payment processor I recognize and trust. Source: 5 months ago
A similar service is offered by privacy.com, except it ties back to your bank account debit card, instead of your credit card. Source: 7 months ago
I've been dragging around a similar concern. My solution might be to use Mozilla's Relay for the email and Privacy.com for the credit card. https://relay.firefox.com/ https://privacy.com/ That won't stop the data collection but it should mitigate how useful it is. Maybe? - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago
The only thing that is the same is my credit card number, so I figured that's how they know I have another account. But I can't get another credit card number (privacy.com doesn't work in Canada and prepaid cards are not accepted). Still, many people on this sub claim they send free boxes to themselves every week. So, any idea how to get around this? Source: 7 months ago
I figured I'd just go back to doing it on the web, but now every time I make a new account it gets banned a few hours later. I even used brand new pictures, I used a credit card from privacy.com, I cleared ALL my cookies, I used a burner phone number, I changed my birthday, I reset my router to try to get a new IP, and I changed up my profile. I'm now at a complete loss at what to do. The only explanation I can... Source: 7 months ago
I went to change my card that I use to fund privacy.com cards and there was no option to use a card anymore, just connect to my bank via Plaid. Apparently they had my account categorized as a business account. They switched it back to a regular account and I can now use a debit card to fund the account but now all of a sudden I have to update my account and apply for a charge card with another bank. Source: 8 months ago
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