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This is one reason I miss one-time credit card numbers. My main credit card used to allow you to generate one-time numbers. You could control the limit on the n
by derbOac 5y ago
This is one reason I miss one-time credit card numbers. My main credit card used to allow you to generate one-time numbers. You could control the limit on the numbers, how long they would last, you could edit this, and so forth and so on. I loved it because you could give a different unique card number to each site, that would self-destruct after a specified amount of time.
It was great for stuff like this because if they pulled this kind of nonsense, you could just walk away and they were left with a unique card number that didn't matter worth anything. Most of the time, you might only have the number active for a few weeks, so if they tried to charge that number say, a year later, it was obvious they were trying to use a number you had intentionally made limited in time.
This service was discontinued and I really miss it a lot.
I still don't know that I'd go into a contract with any company that behaves this way (newspapers included) but it provided a layer of insurance in case you missed something.
- WarOnPrivacy 5y ago> This is one reason I miss one-time credit card numbers. I don't remember those. It sounds awesome.
- blacksmith_tb 5y agoMy bank also had (and then killed off) this feature, which I used a lot for exactly the same reason (or ordering stuff from Aliexpress etc.) I have been looking at privacy.com which seems like it may be an acceptable replacement, though it has some strange sign-up hoops of its own.
- llIIllIIllIIl 5y agoprivacy.com
- DangitBobby 5y agoI was about to make this same recommendation. Burner (one-time use) cards, Merchant locked cards, total/lifetime/transaction spending limits. It's a great way to make sure subscription services can't just keep stealing from you.
- ww520 5y agoCiti and Capitol One have the virtual credit card feature.
- GloriousKoji 5y agoWhile I'm super glad that Citi added the Virtual Account Number feature back to their credit cards, I'm puzzled by the fact that the virtual credit card numbers can no longer have an associated total spending limit. Now it's a daily spending limit which is fairly useless.
- syspec 5y agoWith Apple Card you can generate a new CC number at will, any time. I use this when giving my CC number over the phone when dealing with contractors.
- registeredcorn 5y agoNot trying to do an advert here, but privacy.com does offer this as a service. I've never used them myself, but if you don't mind paying a bit of money (subscription fee, I think?) this is a good option. Personally, I think all banks should offer this type of service! It sounds wonderful.
- fbanon 5y agoRevolut has those: https://blog.revolut.com/introducing-disposable-virtual-cards/ https://blog.revolut.com/introducing-disposable-virtual-card...