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Idea sounds neat, but in my opinion the less people have your information the better. Seems like just another opportunity for a company to get hacked and loose all your information.
But this does the number of companies that have your information. If you use a privacy.com card at two online stores, that's one company that had your info instead of two.
"Hacked", people use this term way too often. If I create a card for Wingstop through Privacy, it's locked to that merchant. So nobody can use it on Amazon or anywhere else, not even Privacy themselves! This is in addition to cards easily being created or deleted instantly.
Yes, that's the entire point. Privacy has my payment info to complete transactions, just like any merchant would. But now, I never again have to provide my real name, email, phone number, or address, no matter who I purchase from online. I've "signed up" to local restaurants with 123 Fake Street and the transaction goes through...
In my opinion it’s a needless extra step. I have had my card number compromised before and it was very little hassle to get a new card and my out of pocket was $0. Debit cards would be a completely different discussion however.
Yeah that's kinda the point...