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Payment privacy (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by jobbies@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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What are the options for increased privacy in how you pay for things where you live?

Cash is the obvious answer, but what about buying stuff online?

UK here. Thinking of ditching cards/contactless for good old cash. No idea about online payments - not doing anything illegal so might persevere with cards for now. Zero experience with crypto.

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[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (8 children)

IME crypto is largely useless as a means of payment, not just in the real world but also online. Literally nothing I have ever bought online could be paid with crypto, no stores that sell useful tangible things takes them, be it hardware (kitchen, computer, whatever...), groceries, things for hobby projects. There's just nowhere to spend it.

[–] Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I pay for my VPN with Monero, I pay my mobile carrier (VoIP + data eSIM) with Monero, and the last time I travelled internationally I also got a data eSIM for that with Monero. Every so often I need to get through a Google "give us a phone number" prompt, and the one-time SMS OTP service I use is also paid with Monero. There's also stores where you can buy gift cards for real-world things (Amazon etc.) with Monero.

[–] ambardeshielo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

which VoIP do you use? as for the one time sms, is it smspool?

[–] Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Yep, smspool. For VoIP it's JMP.Chat locally, and. silent.link when I travel (data only).

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

There's also stores where you can buy gift cards for real-world things (Amazon etc.) with Monero.

I guess that's highly location dependant, we don't have amazon in my country. Even if we did I'd rather use my credit card than shop with them though...

[–] Dr_Vindaloo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

That's fair, if Amazon gets your real name and address anyways, the privacy protection of paying with Monero isn't as big of a deal.

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