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Comment by UIUC_06

Go to Privacy.com. Register and give your real credit card. Don't get the $10/month subscription for "real" privacy, unless you really don't want a record of your purchases.

Now when you "subscribe" to WhizBang online, go to Privacy and create a special credit card just for WhizBang. Give WhizBang a fake name and address as well, and don't use your "regular" email. Create some spares on ProtonMail or some other low-friction service.

When WhizBang goes to verify your credit card, your fake name & address are not checked. You can give them whatever you want.

Your purchase will appear on your regular credit card records. If you want Privacy to use a fake seller, you have to pay for that.

When you want to cancel WhizBang, you just close their credit card. They will get a Decline when they go to charge it, and they'll eventually cancel you. You can go through their official cancellation process, if you want to.

This works. It's what I do.

parent UIUC_06 4 years ago

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