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Been using privacy.com for years. You can enter any ZIP code, any name and the seller won’t know anything about you unless you’re shipping to your home, I guess. Some markets will see the cards as gift cards and won’t accept them, but that is rare.

I use it wherever I can, especially for services that always used to end up with a stolen CC#. The cards can be single use or locked to a single merchant. I used a single use card on PSN three years ago and still get fraudulent charge attempts to this day, but the card stopped working after one use, as designed.

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FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Holy crap, that sounds fantastic.

I’m just getting more diligent about my privacy in the face of the US tech empire going balls to the wall with stealing people’s data, and it looks like this might be a helpful addition in that regard.

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- RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I could be wrong but privacy.com is USA only.
  
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- s38b35M5@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  You can’t avoid all of the surveillance, but this helps a lot.
  
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- Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Revolut offers the exact same service (one-time-use credit cards). They’re an EU company. They do a ton of KYC though (much more than your normal physical bank, as they have much more anti-fraud concerns being online-only). Also only available in their app which is an atrocity, their website is not functional for banking separately.
  
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- defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Worth noting that privacy.com has KYC.
  
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  - sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    What is this?
    
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    defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Know Your Customer. It’s where the company keeps a record of your personally identifiable information on record and linked to your account.
    
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- NakedNateRollerSkate@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I recommend read Extreme Privacy by Michael Bazzell. Hell, purchase it. It is an incredible value for the cost and will help you immensely with trying to get more diligent about your privacy. You don’t have to do everything, but Bazzell is incredibly well though out.
  
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db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Please stop buying from Amazon

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sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That’s really interesting – any theories as to why/how PSN leaks yor CC info?

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Hairyfishnuts@feddit.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
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- sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I respect that. You should also know you don’t have to use it as an app you can also just use their website.
  
  I don’t think they’re a noble company or anything. It just seems worth it to me for the time being.
  
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- s38b35M5@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Unless something changed recently, Google Play has always accepted my privacy cards. I have one saved now a my family payment method on my Nvidia Shield account.
  
  Don’t use Apple products, so can’t speak to that.
  
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