Privacy.com - Get a new virtual card for every transaction

How about the underrated genius of the logo though? 💯

Glad to see this concept come back around! Hopefully, you do it right. in around 1997-98 the bank I was at launched a version of this, called one-time account numbers - it was very popular even though you had to come to our website, enter all the details of the transaction and get a unique one-time account number to use for that specific transaction on some merchants website... It was cancelled once we had enough data to see exactly what people were using it for... internal code name 'kid porn card' though it was more often drugs... still, lots of porn too. Since you are touting privacy of the transactions how are you monitoring for illegal activity? Eventually, the Feds are going to ask for transactions details. It didn't go well when the NSA asked the encrypted email service for a key they could not (would not) provide - they took the service down. It's a cool idea and could likely stop all kinds of common fraud though banks do a very good job of shutting that down immediately these days. Github is the only website that causes me a problem, every single month I get a fraud alert for that account, they have way too many chargebacks apparently :D @bolingj Given that browsers store card numbers for you so auto-fill is already easy enough plus how good card issuers are these days at real-time fraud protection what is the specific problem that the company is attempting to solve?

Signed up but disappointed that, much like all services that tie into bank account, only the large corporate banks are supported. :(

this tool looks awesome. I previously paid Blur $5 a month for such functionality, but they started adding in stupid fees and were slow to adopt ACH. @bolingj how do you handle merchants issuing refunds to the cards?

This is awesome. It reminds me of a tool like 1Password; Instead of relying on websites to keep your password safe, you just give them a burner. Now I can do that with my credit card!

Whenever I see a compelling product that depends on my sharing my bank account number I am always disappointed. In a world where database breaches are the norm, having your bank account number shared with numerous startups opens me up to a very costly kind of fraud http://www.nbcnews.com/id/791415... I'm really jelous of the sanity around bank account transaction the european countries enjoy. In the US, incredibly we have zero security around this. Once someone has your account number they can drain your whole bank account. I first learned of this danger from Donald Knuth's writings here http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.e... Any plans to add support for using a debit card (even with a fee? I'd be willing to pay)?

Privacy is an awesome solution for protecting your privacy/security when you shop online. As cyber breaches continue to be par for the course, I can see this service being of great use for those of us who are security-minded. Please integrate linking credit cards to create burner cards!

Pros:

I love the idea of burner cards, especially if you are into protecting your security and privacy. The Chrome extension is great too.

Cons:

I wish you could create burner cards with credit card accounts, not just with debit cards. I'm waiting for this feature to arrive.

I often use this service to help friends out with small transactions. Where a credit card is needed, most services will accept digital debit.

I can also use these digital debit cards to bind with other digital payment service, at least with Google / Android Pay in my experience so I can put a bound card on hold if Google's digital payment scheme becomes compromised by hackers; then unhold or close and make a new card to bind a new card onto it once issues with the service had been resolved.

For purchases which are of a more dubious nature, or would put into question what you are doing with your money it's also a good way to obfuscate your transactions and make it so you're not revealing all fo your purchasing history to advertisers, should you use your real debit or credit card on a website which would harvest your payment information.

It's a good way to ensure the safety of your money and transactions. Whenever you can, use it; I've had no regrets with it.

While I had not used the service for a year as of this writing, Iam going to continue using it until it's either discontinued or infeasible for how I use it.

Pros:

Payment secrecy, self-made gift cards, account security, responsive support

Cons:

Cannot be used where prepaid debit isn't alllowed (i.e. PayPal)

This looks amazing

Very cool concept! Would love to test this outside the US.