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Great benefit. I also recommend to find a reputable masked card service provider if you plan to use a credit/debit card. Autopay is just another way for banks a
by encryptluks2 4y ago
Great benefit. I also recommend to find a reputable masked card service provider if you plan to use a credit/debit card. Autopay is just another way for banks and providers to circumvent overdraft protection legislation and hopefully new legislation will remove any "perks" that providers offer for autopay services.
- azalemeth 4y agoI would love to know if there are any of these in the EU – US friends of mine have mentioned privacy.com but I am unaware of a similar service in the UK.
- pacifika 4y agowhich is it, EU or UK?
- Dracophoenix 4y agoPrivacy.com abides by KYC. So it's not very private.
- capableweb 4y agoNo need, just send them cash in an envelope, which works just as well. I wish more services supported this, but I understand it adds a lot of hassle for them as well.
- TomGullen 4y agoHow do they handle VAT via cash in an envelope? Do you need to provide a billing address?
- cmeacham98 4y agoMullvad's advertised pricing already includes VAT is my understanding.
- wasmitnetzen 4y agoThey still have to pay different VAT rates to the buyer's country, even if that is transparent to the customer.
- hedora 4y agoWhy would you need to provide a billing address?!? It's cash, and they don't generate bills anymore.
- tzs 4y agoIn the EU VAT for online products and services is based on the buyer's location not the seller's location. They need to know something about where the buying is to determine the VAT rate and where to send the collected VAT. I don't know what the rules are for sellers that are inside the EU, but if they are at all like the rules for sellers outside the EU selling to buyers in the EU they are required to collect two pieces of evidence that support their determination of which country's VAT to collect. Where I work we use the country the person claims they are in from the country drop down on our cart and what country MaxMind says their IP address is from. This works most of the time. If those don't match we look up the first 6 digits of their credit card to see what bank issued it and see what country that bank is in, and if that matches either their selected country or the IP country we go with that. If the bank is in a third country, we look at their email address and if that is at a service that is mostly just serving one of the three countries we go with that. How would a company that accepts cash and keeps very minimal customer information deal with this?
- zahma 4y agoIs there such a thing as a truly private “masked card service?” I’m genuinely curious because I use virtual cards supplied by my online bank, but I’m sure they retain records for each virtual card I use. Are there services that do not record this information?
- encryptluks2 4y agoGood question. I doubt any of them are truly private but I think it at least adds a layer of privacy and security from the service provider, but as with most things it probably won't protect you from a court order.
- zahma 4y agoThe only real masked card I can think of would be a gift card paid for in cash. Tedious as it is, that seems like the only way to use a debit card privately, and I think some of those are rejected by online pay platforms.
- danachow 4y ago> Is there such a thing as a truly private “masked card service?” No - there’s no way to support all the anti fraud mechanisms of the major credit card networks without a thorough paper trail. Masked card services help prevent unwanted charges and inconvenience for the customer - they may give a fleeting layer of privacy between the consumer and the merchant but nothing more than that.
- nunez 4y agoBlur (dnt.abine.com) and Privacy provide fantastic masked card services.