Paypal allows you to create a business account which hides your real name, showing only a business name/alias. Paypal will know who you are but others wont… Why not? Seems the best option for when you want to buy or sell without revealing your name to other person in transaction…

Because Paypal is one of the worst offenders in the shitty company category. You are effectively fucked if you encounter an issue and don’t have a big social media following to brow beat them into helping you.

[image] securitybrahh: use Apple pay. I’m not going to advocate in favor of PayPal but I don’t think this is an option for many that are out of the Apple ecosystem. Is the OP looking for some alternatives to PayPal? If not the comments above scratch the surface of why as a privacy tool PayPa…

In terms of trust it would be hard for me to choose paypal when something like privacy.com is available. as @deviancy points out you can easily get locked out of your account for arbitrary reasons just ask Proton

Yeah, I’m in the same predicament. Not only do I use Android (and would like to avoid using iPhones as much as possible), but all the masking services recommended here are only available in the US. As someone from the UK, I’m using physical (Monzo / AMEX) or virtual (Revolut) cards right now. Somet…

sadly, as far as I am aware, the UK doesn’t really have an alternative. [image] Getsby (EU Payment Masking Service) Tool Suggestions You’re right, it sounds like using a valid billing address is still a requirement with Getsby, so the only advantage to using it would be b…

When I’ve used Paypal in the past, just for like normal (not anonymous) purchases, I’ve ran into problems when trying to get my card to go through. And their customer support is literally shit for me. I’ll message them, and it’ll take like 3-4 hours for them to respond, and then apparently they stop…

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securitybrahh (Sovereign Shadow) November 1, 2024, 2:46pm 3

use Apple pay.

just see their security/privacy page for payments, you will know why.

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