Comments on: privacy through prepaid credit cards

By: vignesh

vignesh — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:40:20 +0000

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By: George

George — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:58:26 +0000

ok for Green Dot they need to verify the SSN to confirm that the name on the account is real, that there are no terrorists or money laundry people involved with this prepaid cards, besides that, Green Dot only requires SSN if you wish to have a reloadable card with your name on it if you wish to show that you have a debit card, without the SSN you can only activate a temporary card that you can use to spend the funds and then buy another one, they run the SSN check trough Experian to make sure that you are a real person, that is their main data base.

By: james from vegas

james from vegas — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:56:07 +0000

i saw that someone asked if you can use prepaid “credit cards” to purchase airline tickets. first of all, i would like to say that there is no such thing as a pre-paid credit card, at least in my hours of searching on the net. i think there may have been pre-paid credit cards a few years ago, but, they are now all called pre-paid (no credit in the name) cards. and on the card the word DEBIT is typed. the reason this is of importance to me, is due to the fact that i wanted to rent a car. as far as i can tell, most car rental places require a lot of hassle when you use a debit card instead of a Credit card, including the fact that they will do a credit check on you, and decline the rental if you have bad credit. pre-paid “credit” cards, are not credit cards, they are debit cards, and you will probably not be able to use them for a car rental.

By: maulik

maulik — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I may not be especially private
about my social life, my body, or my
desktop...

It's true...you can touch him for free :-P

As somebody who has given in to these databases, is too lazy to be inconvenienced, and basically welcomed our credit card overlords, I promise I would use untraceable digital cash if it were available. I believe in sci-fi they call them "cred chips".

So if the second place credit card company is looking for a new product, listen to the guy, there's an untapped market!

By: boredteky

boredteky — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Did you check this product of Greendot? http://www.websecretcard.com/

By: ryan

ryan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

whoa. i hadn't heard of web secret before...but even considering the $5/month fee, it sounds perfect! my current prepaid cards are running out, so i can't wait to hit up a rite aid and pick one up.

thanks for the tip!

By: satan

satan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

7-eleven also has E-cash cards that look very promising. The fees are better than greendot at 8.95$ per year and 2.00$ to reload. Monthly fees are only after 12 months of inactivity.

By: ryan

ryan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

a guest commented elsewhere:

Anonymous Cellphones might be possible. I got a VirginMobile phone setup and it seems as though I don't even have to enter in my name, address or anything. Just email when I activated the phone. You can even pay cash.

i replied:

agreed, i'm a prepaid fan too. it is more expensive, but if i ever give in and get a cell phone, i'd definitely go that route.
on a similar note, i've been wondering if the prepaid providers support phone number portability. even if they do, though, i doubt i could keep my current Vonage phone number. sigh…

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Sunrocket.com has portable numbers...see below:

SunRocket 's All-Inclusive Annual Edition gives you a year's worth of Internet home phone service for only $199. Cancel anytime and receive a refund for unused months.

Unlimited calling ??? U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico Free international minutes ($3.00 credit every month) Free extra phone number - Local or AnyWhere Number Enhanced Emergency 911 Service Over 12 enhanced calling features, including Caller ID, 3-way Calling, Enhanced Voicemail, and much more??? Two free Directory Assistance calls each month No charge to activate No hidden fees - Taxes included in the Bottom-Line Price No cancellation fees 31 day money back guarantee ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL NUMBERS FOR FREE: Signature Number A Signature Number is an extra phone number for anyone in your household and includes its own voicemail box and distinctive ring. The number only supports incoming calls.

Local Signature Number This option provides you with an additional inbound telephone number associated with your local calling area.

AnyWhere Number An AnyWhere Number is a special Signature Number outside of your local calling area. It is a way for people to call you that live in that area without having to pay a long distance charge.

Hope this helps, JSeagull

- JSeagull

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Great article! I'm privacy-obsessed too. If you haven't already read it, you need to pick up a copy of How To Be Invisible by J.J. Luna, and check out his accompanying website at http://www.howtobeinvisible.com. The guy shows you how to live more privately than those in the Federal Witness Protection program. Pretty good info.

You should also check out Privacash cards: http://www.privacash.com I didn't see them mentioned in your article.

Does anyone know whether you can use pre-paid credit cards for hotel and rental car deposits? Since the purpose of a deposit is to use the credit card for additional charges, I wonder if they are sometimes not accepted since they're "throwaway" cards?

How embarassing to be declined checking into a hotel room 2,000 miles from home and they won't accept your only credit card at the hotel!

- Hill