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Like store bought gift cards, or an online service? If the latter, you're just shofting your trust somewhere else (which may be what you want, but it's worth ma
by Zambyte 2y ago
Like store bought gift cards, or an online service? If the latter, you're just shofting your trust somewhere else (which may be what you want, but it's worth making that explicitly understood).
- bitvoid 2y agoQuite a few banks, like Capital One, let you create one-time-use or temporary cards in their apps. So, not really shifting trust outside of the bank providing the account to begin with.
- Zambyte 2y agoWell before the bank would only see your transfers to PayPal, rather than where you're actually spending your money. You're shifting trust in the sense that it used to be PayPal seeing where you're spending your money to your bank seeing where you're spending your money.
- JohnFen 2y agoYes, but my bank already has deep insight into my spending habits anyway. Eliminating PayPal reduces the number of companies surveilling me by one. That seems like a net gain to me. And that's not even taking into account that I trust my bank more than I trust PayPal.
- JohnFen 2y agoStore bought, if I have planned ahead. A temporary card that's a feature of my bank if I haven't. > If the latter, you're just shofting your trust somewhere else Of course -- I'm shifting it to a bank that I already use. So, it still represents a privacy gain in that I'm cutting PayPal out and not bringing anybody new in.