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I use PayPal to be the middle man to protect my credit card information when I purchase items online.

Of course I have grown less fond of PayPal and their scammy behavior (plus the password limit is 20, wtf?)

My question; is there an alternative to paypal to buy things online (without crypto as not all stores take such things), such as privacy.com (but for Europe).

Correct mw if im wrong, but I believe privacy.com is for US, Canada region.

My bank doesn't offer virtual credit cards sadly.

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[–] akalanka@masto.es 4 points 3 days ago (4 children)

@Wolfie Completely seconding the Revolut suggestion here. For privacy protection, works perfectly!

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

privacy protection with a service that's only accessible through an ownership controlling, datamining-filled smartphone app? it was just a joke, right?

if they do this on your phone, what are they doing with your transaction data..

[–] akalanka@masto.es 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

@ReversalHatchery I want to respectfully say that I find your answer a bit agressive in tone. I was just trying to give my best shot at an answer, even if I am not a privacy expert, as OP was really just asking for a way to conceal his Credit Card Number, or that's what I understood.

I agree that total privacy will not be accomplished without using a custom rom and more private applications, but I feel like, for the average user, that might be too much work

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago

sorry for that. but what I wanted to say is that revolut is a quite anti-consumer bank in my perception

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