[kidlogic]

I'ved used Privacy.com for a few years now and it is a superbly excellent tool. I highly recommend their product for personal and business use.

Privacy and helps keep track of subscription expenses and helps me maintain/be aware budget and/or subscription increases.

The only downside occurs when you are trying to process a refund for a card that was already closed.

[sneak]

I really wanted to be a customer, but when I visited privacy.com and saw the number of 3P services they load up (thanks uBlock Origin) I realized that they talk the talk but don't walk the walk.

[gruez]

>I realized that they talk the talk but don't walk the walk.

Not to mention that their product does nothing against tracking by the card networks themselves eg. https://datafloq.com/read/mastercard-applies-big-data-help-r.... If you want "privacy", your best bet is a prepaid card bought with cash.

[judge2020]

I only see fonts.googleapis.com on the main homepage https://privacy.com, although plausible.io is indeed loaded on blog.privacy.com.

[betwixthewires]

I use the service. The name of the service is sort of misleading advertising. In reality what you get is protection from theft of a card number when shopping online (this is what happened to make me decide to use the service), spend limits on reusable cards (for something you pay a recurring payment for, this comes in handy when a merchant raises their rates and doesn't tell you) and you can use any name and region and so protect your identity from being sold by merchants to advertising firms.

Your bank still has access to everything (and they sell everything, of course) and the service itself also has access to everything. But all in all it is a good layer of insulation from merchants and vendors and has some useful features. Think of it like a VPN service for card payments.

[stmw]

Another solution that's been around for a lot longer - and with more features, but less catchy name - is Abine Blur - https://www.abine.com Disclosure: I was one of the co-founders In general, there is a tradeoff between the anti-fraud and the privacy requirements in payment processing, and pseudo-anonymous onetime cards are a good solution.

[rhendz]

Does it preserve the underlying benefits of the card (cashback, points, etc.)?

[EGreg]

It isnt for credit cards. Only debit.

[nikisweeting]

They take your points/cashback and in return shield your transaction info from your bank and vendor, that's their business model unless you sign up for one of their paid plans.

[reidjs]

Doesn’t appear to, it was almost a killer app for me. I hate giving out my CC details online, but I love the benefits