1786 sats \ 6 replies \ @anon 22 Feb \ on: Privacy tips on shipping bitcoin hardware. bitcoin
If paying in fiat Privacy.com is helpful. They could be a honeypot (similar to VPNs), but they are consistently well reviewed and respected.
Don't use your real name. Always use a fake name.
Get a single use burner email or at least a protonmail account. Extra bonus points for paying simplifiedprivacy to help you setup your own email server.
Ship to a business- most workplaces are fine receiving your mail and the secretary or mail person is too busy to snoop anyway. I had a past workplace where everyone had all mail sent to office because mail robbery got so bad in California.
Mailbox companies are 100% honeypots that are notorious for losing or leaking, even accidentally, your govt ID and info.
Don't be a dick and do things that put friends or family at risk. This is unethical and defeats the spirit of this request.
Ship to a business- most workplaces are fine receiving your mail and the secretary or mail person is too busy to snoop anyway. I had a past workplace where everyone had all mail sent to office because mail robbery got so bad in California.
Looks like Pepe Silvia might getting some mail delivered in the near future!
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Privacy.com seems like a great service but I have not used it let.
Question: I know privacy.com lets you spin up a new card easily but what does it do for the billing address that many websites prompt your for? Does one put garbage in the fields or does privacy.com have an address to be used with the card?
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Privacy.com is also an amazing way to save money. I use them for any online payment where I cannot use Bitcoin. For any subscription or service I only want to use once or limit my spend to a specific $ amount - I use a one time card, and I cannot tell you how many times some forgotten subscription or bullshit charge comes around in 6 or 12 months and I'm saved by this service. So even privacy aside, its a good money saving/budgeting tool because you can control EXACTLY how much and when you spend and it cannot go a penny over.
Even if it’s a honeypot that’s fine, I don’t expect privacy from the authorities with it, but from companies and data leaks. Its greatest feature is being able to set spend limits on individual cards. If an app should cost $2, set a limit a little above that, to ensure no funny business or hidden recurring fees.
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