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What do you do for online shopping? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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i dont wanna give my address ((

(i dont buy illgeal stuff)

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[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

privacy.com cards and prepaid Visa/Mastercard I believe let you enter any address of your choice. Of course, privacy.com would still know and some vendors might be a bit more restrictive, especially towards the prepaid cards in recent years.

[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

I tried to sign up for privacy.com once and they demanded a copy of my photo ID. They wanted me to send it to a 3rd party ID verification service.

I didn't wanna give out a scanned copy of my DL. Which in hindsight feels like a good choice -> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-probes-service-selling-153m-drivers-licenses/

If you are not very private already, they may not require that. But if you are, they'll punt you to an identity broker service before you can sign up.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ahh, neat. Yeah, some vendors do check the address. Ones that don't end up paying more per transaction to cover the increased fraud.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

yeah, I often some address like the simpsons family, or 85 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, Lambeth, London, UK for Mr. Bond