I really like privacy.com. I've used them for about a year now, and I find that having it comes in super handy quite often. They make their money off the fees of the transactions you make, like a CC company does, which is why they're free. I find a lot of value in being able to make a card that I can pause. In general, I make a single transaction and then pause the card (not allowing for any future transactions until I unpause it). Then, the next time I need it, I just unpause it and use it immediately. It's super easy to do with the chrome extension. It's also nice that it'll give you a summary of all of your transactions from the chrome extension for all cards, or whatever particular card you want.
Further, if a place gets hacked I simply delete the affected card and no longer have to worry about it. Finally, It's also nice that it accepts any name I want to use, with any billing address & zipcode, so if I think a site is particularly vulnerable, it gives me another avenue of keeping my PII safe. Overall, I'm a fan, FWIW. On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 2:36 PM Tilghman Lesher <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you set up Paypal with a Business debit Mastercard to use that > rewards card as an automatic backup for funds? I typically link my > bank account, and don't use the bank account for *any* direct > purchases, for two reasons: 1) it limits my exposure in case of > fraud, and 2) Paypal returns 1% cash back to all transactions > processed as credit. > > As compared to a regular bank, Paypal will credit me the entire amount > of a fraudulent transaction *while* it completes its investigation. > Regular banks won't credit you back until their investigation is > complete, which could be up to 90 days later. > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 2:01 PM Adam Hudson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hey all. Recently got set up with a service that offered a special use > case debit card with a rewards program. Given how much this platform > charges for cancelling and reissuing cards, I'm wanting some extra security > while paying online. I use samsung and Google pay in the real world, but > paying for subscription services doesn't seem to be allowed on those > platforms. > > > > I did a bit of searching and found Privacy.com. I recognize giving my > info to as few parties as possible is the most secure, but they claim to > have a service that randomizes card numbers to create virtual cards. They > seem legitimate, but as always: wanting to seek perspective from the > community to aid personal security decisions. > > > > Thanks for any thoughts and/or recommendations, > > Adam H > > > > -- > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAPk5cwd81G5DJhGuHLQp36B-9TMfWQ%3DB91D--KroVCHXLJHf5Q%40mail.gmail.com > . > > > > -- > Tilghman > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAHPkZcWGHXPZgPQ_ANE2yuiGO2szvUhbbGwjd9M2dg1sG1WvJg%40mail.gmail.com > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAMvC4dyaZ4RjGi4vC%2BXGq8QYFOzK%2BcVW78sy4uzjjJgXSe-C0Q%40mail.gmail.com.
