Internet Debit Cards!?

[Aleks NE]

A couple of weeks ago in someone's video, I saw an Ad, it was a website that lets you make an online debit card to use on the internet, it was like a disposable internet debit card. Anyone know what the website/service is called. 

[dalekphalm]

12 minutes ago, <Aleks> said:

A couple of weeks ago in someone's video, I saw an Ad, it was a website that lets you make an online debit card to use on the internet, it was like a disposable internet debit card. Anyone know what the website/service is called. 

Never heard of that type of service before - and frankly, I would not trust such a service.

 

If you want to have a disposable "internet card", might I suggest a reloadable Credit Card instead? You'll have significantly better versatility with it, since basically every legit web store supports credit card payment, but hardly any online stores will accept a debit card (unless you link your bank account to something like, say paypal, which means you're actually doing a direct withdrawal, and it still has nothing to do with the debit card itself technically).

 

Some debit cards are branded w/ a credit card though. For example, mine is a Visa Debit Card. This means I can use my debit card online as a Visa (It's treated and processed like it was a credit card) but it simply withdraws funds the same way a debit purchase would - no credit involved. But even with these, lots of online stores won't accept them.

[Lurick]

Privacy.com is what you're talking about I think.

[Kobathor]

https://privacy.com/

I saw it on Modern Rogue

[dalekphalm]

4 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Privacy.com is what you're talking about I think.

By looking at the site, it looks like you attach some sort of payment service to the site (Eg: Your bank account, credit card, paypay, whatever they happen to support), and then it creates a virtual credit card (not debit card) to use for each transaction.

 

Interesting idea. Definitely good for more shady sites that you're just not too sure of. But that's what I use PayPal for already, since they have excellent buyer protections. Still, more options are good.