Hey folx? How’s going? :)
I wish to make little online purchase/shopping but my current solution is terrible (PayPal). I am looking for a decent level of anonymity.
Bonus points if solutions are provided by good people. :hugging face:
There’s stuff like pre-paid Visa cards that you can buy. You can use them if you don’t want to use your credit/debit card not linked to you bank account.
There’s also this: https://privacy.com/
I have seen it mentioned on Reddit but have never used it myself so you should research first if it is something that you might want to use.Then there’s cryptocurrencies which let you pay anonymously but, again, I have no experience with them.
Privacy.com is awesome. You can create throwaway credit cards for every site you pay on, and you can set whatever limits you want on those cards. You can sign up for an online service or free trial without having to worry about dark patterns. If I feel like I want 3 months of a service, I could make a credit card with the exact amount available to pay for 3 months and nothing more.
The payments are not anonymous, but they do protect you in other ways. Besides the limits, each virtual CC can be used on only one website or business. During the height of Covid here in Boston we were doing a lot of curbside pickup. Local shops would ask you for your credit card number over the phone which always makes me nervous because I know they’re just writing it down on a piece of paper. It feels so much safer to give them a throwaway virtual credit card, knowing that the number is pretty much useless to anybody who finds that piece of paper.
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