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Nope. I can walk down to the local (or not local) seven-11/walgreens/etc and get a disposable credit card for use in paying for my vpn provider, and provide the
by Sanddancer 13y ago
Nope. I can walk down to the local (or not local) seven-11/walgreens/etc and get a disposable credit card for use in paying for my vpn provider, and provide them that I am Jake Blues and live at 1060 West Addison St, Chicago, Il.
- ckozlowski 13y agoI agree. I should have listened to the little voice telling me to change "undoubtedly" to some other "likely, but not definitely" term. I'd be curious to know how often that works. Regardless, I suspect most don't do that.
- clarkm 13y agoBut credit card companies maintain records of time and place sold, so unless you travel to a foreign country to make your purchase, you're still leaking your location.
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- drakeandrews 13y agoThen your bank still gets the time and place, unless banks are significantly worse in the US than the rest of the world.
- Sanddancer 13y agoThey'll learn those cards were purchased from a Walgreens on Market Street in San Francisco three months ago. If the clerk even remembers, the purchaser said something about being dragged to SF for business, and how they really wish they were back in New York with their kids. In other words, less than nothing.