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I'm looking for some recommendations for digital debit/credit cards.

It feels like every other day there's 'the largest data breach in history' and at this point, I really don't trust any entity to safely and securely store PII.

That said, I like buying things on the internet, I'm not into crypto and would rather not include my real card information during checkout.

Any recs would be appreciated, thanks yall!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It's kind of pick your poison honestly, and there won't be any open alternatives any time soon because it requires banks also trusting the open solution. I think it's a tradeoff, if you want security you're gonna have the big guys watching. If you want discretion, it's going to come with risk.

But yes, I definitely trust PayPal/Google/Samsung to not have a financial data breach more than Joe's Crab Shack just type in your credit card to our totally secure system. Plus if any of those big guys have a breach it'll be in the news for weeks, it'd be easy to replace the card.