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What do you use to generate the one-time numbers?

ilikepi 6y ago
I'm guessing @derwiki's parenthetical "(privacy)" is a reference to privacy.com, which is a service for doing exactly that.
WY3JBHIL3KLPN5B 6y ago
Priavcy is the name of the service. https://privacy.com/ https://privacy.com/
- _trampeltier 6y ago
  Just for US persons. Are there other services like that for EU?
- achairapart 6y ago
  Any EU alternative for privacy.com or similar services?
  - thiscatis 6y ago
    Revolut offers virtual and disposable cards. I've been (unethically) using them for these 1GBP / month trials a certain online newspaper offers.
    - AlexandrB 6y ago
      Revolut was featured on HN just this morning: https://thehftguy.com/2020/08/12/a-haven-for-fraud-and-stolen-cards-or-how-my-wife-was-forced-to-quit-revolut/ https://thehftguy.com/2020/08/12/a-haven-for-fraud-and-stole...
      - thiscatis 6y ago
        Guess she should have used a disposable Revolut card then
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9HZZRfNlpR 6y ago
Most of the banks offer it online as part of the service?
- sarora27 6y ago
  Not all. A major US Bank (rhymes w/ Pace Bank) used to provide this feature back in the 2000s and then rolled it back. I discovered this ~4 months ago when I wanted to buy something online but didn't fully trust the vendor. Then ended up going with Privacy.com. I'm a huge fan and would def recommend them to anyone looking for better control over subscription charges
  - HEHENE 6y ago
    CapOne offers that for their credit cards, but it's so clunky and unintuitive that I still wind up using Privacy 90% of the time.
    - tgb 6y ago
      I have a Capital One card and wanted to use that feature. As far as I could tell, the only way to use it was to install their "assistant" browser extension and give it permission to view everything you do. Then if you were on a merchant site it could suggest you use a new card number for it. I considered toggling the assistant on and off just as needed but instead said nope. Was there another way to do it?
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      - patentatt 6y ago
        Totally bogus, isn’t it? I just did that very thing with CapOne. The only saving grace is that once you create the temp card with their definitely-not-spyware web browser extension, you can uninstall it completely and manage the card through the website. I’ve installed it, visited a single site, and uninstalled it several times so far and it seems to get the job done.

I'm guessing @derwiki's parenthetical "(privacy)" is a reference to privacy.com, which is a service for doing exactly that.

WY3JBHIL3KLPN5B 6y ago

Priavcy is the name of the service. https://privacy.com/ https://privacy.com/

_trampeltier 6y ago
Just for US persons. Are there other services like that for EU?
achairapart 6y ago
Any EU alternative for privacy.com or similar services?
- thiscatis 6y ago
  Revolut offers virtual and disposable cards. I've been (unethically) using them for these 1GBP / month trials a certain online newspaper offers.
  - AlexandrB 6y ago
    Revolut was featured on HN just this morning: https://thehftguy.com/2020/08/12/a-haven-for-fraud-and-stolen-cards-or-how-my-wife-was-forced-to-quit-revolut/ https://thehftguy.com/2020/08/12/a-haven-for-fraud-and-stole...
    - thiscatis 6y ago
      Guess she should have used a disposable Revolut card then

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9HZZRfNlpR 6y ago

Most of the banks offer it online as part of the service?

sarora27 6y ago
Not all. A major US Bank (rhymes w/ Pace Bank) used to provide this feature back in the 2000s and then rolled it back. I discovered this ~4 months ago when I wanted to buy something online but didn't fully trust the vendor. Then ended up going with Privacy.com. I'm a huge fan and would def recommend them to anyone looking for better control over subscription charges
- HEHENE 6y ago
  CapOne offers that for their credit cards, but it's so clunky and unintuitive that I still wind up using Privacy 90% of the time.
  - tgb 6y ago
    I have a Capital One card and wanted to use that feature. As far as I could tell, the only way to use it was to install their "assistant" browser extension and give it permission to view everything you do. Then if you were on a merchant site it could suggest you use a new card number for it. I considered toggling the assistant on and off just as needed but instead said nope. Was there another way to do it?
    - deleted 6y ago
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    - patentatt 6y ago
      Totally bogus, isn’t it? I just did that very thing with CapOne. The only saving grace is that once you create the temp card with their definitely-not-spyware web browser extension, you can uninstall it completely and manage the card through the website. I’ve installed it, visited a single site, and uninstalled it several times so far and it seems to get the job done.