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Do you use you card for payments in sandboxed Google play? (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have been hesitant to add my card because of privacy. I particular the fact that my card is linked to my email. What is your take on it?

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[–] Sparkega 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I recommend using Privacy.com to create virtual credit cards that withdraw directly from a bank account. I see it as a VPN for credit card purchases. For US customers only, but obscures payment info to merchants.

You can use a bogus name and address for the merchant billing information (in this case Google Play).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anything like that service for EU users?

[–] Sparkega 2 points 1 year ago

Not that I'm aware of. A basic search didn't turn up anything promising.

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

Sadly I am not from the US