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Anything but cash/bitcoin leaves too much of a trail. Just because you destroy your records doesn't mean your merchant bank does. Nor does it mean my bank will.

rdegges 13y ago
We're adding bitcoin right now (will be available in the next day). We launched this early due to press on the subject, which is why it's not as polished as we'd like it to be =/
- elliottcarlson 13y ago
  I would add a note about that now so people know it is coming and you don't lose a potential customer because they saw the site today and had the same opinion of the parent comment.
- anaptdemise 13y ago
  "We launched this early due to press on the subject" So prematurely launching an incomplete and unvetted security/anonymity product to profiteer from momentary spikes in hysteria and paranoia is disingenuous at best. Besides all of the issues of payment, shipping, trust, legality, etc. that have already been raised, what is your companies qualifications to provide for secure/anonymous service?
CrazedGeek 13y ago
How much of a trail do prepaid cards leave? (I honestly have no idea.)
- arkades 13y ago
  As much as any normal credit card. They're linked to your social security number.
  - runako 13y ago
    Not all the time. If you buy a prepaid card at e.g. Target, they do not collect your SSN or IIRC any identifying information unless you opt to register the card. You might choose the register the card to replace in case of theft.
    - arkades 13y ago
      When I've bought prepaid cards, I either bought them for zero-value or with pre-stored value, and in either case they were not usable until I registered them online. I haven't found any prepaid cards yet that do not follow this pattern. If you have then I would be quite delighted if you shared.
    - yoster 13y ago
      The thing is, big retailers have cameras, a lot of fucking cameras. Better to buy them from the rinky dink mom and pop shops that take cash with no cameras in the shop. They don't care if you are John Doe or George Washington.
mbreese 13y ago
At most though, it would say that you bought a burner phone, not what the number was... so you still have some deniability.

rdegges 13y ago

We're adding bitcoin right now (will be available in the next day). We launched this early due to press on the subject, which is why it's not as polished as we'd like it to be =/

elliottcarlson 13y ago
I would add a note about that now so people know it is coming and you don't lose a potential customer because they saw the site today and had the same opinion of the parent comment.
anaptdemise 13y ago
"We launched this early due to press on the subject" So prematurely launching an incomplete and unvetted security/anonymity product to profiteer from momentary spikes in hysteria and paranoia is disingenuous at best. Besides all of the issues of payment, shipping, trust, legality, etc. that have already been raised, what is your companies qualifications to provide for secure/anonymous service?

CrazedGeek 13y ago

How much of a trail do prepaid cards leave? (I honestly have no idea.)

arkades 13y ago
As much as any normal credit card. They're linked to your social security number.
- runako 13y ago
  Not all the time. If you buy a prepaid card at e.g. Target, they do not collect your SSN or IIRC any identifying information unless you opt to register the card. You might choose the register the card to replace in case of theft.
  - arkades 13y ago
    When I've bought prepaid cards, I either bought them for zero-value or with pre-stored value, and in either case they were not usable until I registered them online. I haven't found any prepaid cards yet that do not follow this pattern. If you have then I would be quite delighted if you shared.
  - yoster 13y ago
    The thing is, big retailers have cameras, a lot of fucking cameras. Better to buy them from the rinky dink mom and pop shops that take cash with no cameras in the shop. They don't care if you are John Doe or George Washington.

mbreese 13y ago

At most though, it would say that you bought a burner phone, not what the number was... so you still have some deniability.