Are there any FOSS alternatives to privacy.com? I want to conceal my actual card information when registering with a new account on different platforms so I can create limits, but I can’t shake the feeling that privacy.com probably just sells my transaction history. If there’s any alternatives to privacy.com that are more transparent, I’d love to know!

  • Anna@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Other than crypto or cash based prepaid debit cards. There is no other service that will allow you to do financial transactions without doing basic KYC and keeping a record of your transactions required by law in almost all countries. They may claim it’s for legal reasons only and they don’t sell it but can you trust them? And how much do you trust your government to respect your privacy and not subpoena those transactions because they deem them to be unlawful.

  • LemmyThinkAboutThat@lemmy.myserv.one
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    4 months ago

    Call your credit card company. Depending on the company/bank, they will either give you a few virtual numbers and/or have the option of having one virtual number locked to a certain merchant or utility company.

    There’s MySudo (which I subscribe to) but they charge 3%. It’s basically the same as using Privacy.com. Good luck!

    EDIT MySudo is not open-source, sorry.