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There is no protection whatsoever. Booking doesn't manage payments on their own, they send the data clean-text directly to the hotel owner to process them using their own POS.
Is it legal? this is Masive.
Am I shocked? no... reminds me of ACH and the file format they use.
they send raw credit card numbers, they dont send YOUR credit card number. They create a disposable credit card number, which they send down to the hotel, linked to your credit card. Its like a token in the form of a different credit card number. The hotel doesnt know the difference and the disposable credit card number has a fixed limit which is what you paid for your room. After that it is discarded, I dont know wh…
they send raw credit card numbers, they dont send YOUR credit card number. They create a disposable credit card number, which they send down to the hotel, linked to your credit card. Its like a token in the form of a different credit card number. The hotel doesnt know the difference and the disposable credit card number has a fixed limit which is what you paid for your room. After that it is discarded, I dont know wh…
Do they do this via a partnership with MasterCard or something? Basically similar to prepaid cards?
they send raw credit card numbers, they dont send YOUR credit card number. They create a disposable credit card number, which they send down to the hotel, linked to your credit card. Its like a token in the form of a different credit card number. The hotel doesnt know the difference and the disposable credit card number has a fixed limit which is what you paid for your room. After that it is discarded, I dont know wh…
they send raw credit card numbers, they dont send YOUR credit card number. They create a disposable credit card number, which they send down to the hotel, linked to your credit card. Its like a token in the form of a different credit card number. The hotel doesnt know the difference and the disposable credit card number has a fixed limit which is what you paid for your room. After that it is discarded, I dont know wh…
PayPal used to offer one-time use disposable CC numbers. The limit fixed at the right price is a good innovation. Thanks for sharing!
But there are plenty of reasons not to do business with Bank of America. I'm no shill for them.
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PayPal used to offer one-time use disposable CC numbers. The limit fixed at the right price is a good innovation. Thanks for sharing!
My bank (Bank of America) offers this feature, but it's a bit buried in the menus. Custom limits and everything, it's pretty useful. But there are plenty of reasons not to do business with Bank of America. I'm no shill for them.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
PayPal used to offer one-time use disposable CC numbers. The limit fixed at the right price is a good innovation. Thanks for sharing!
My bank (Bank of America) offers this feature, but it's a bit buried in the menus. Custom limits and everything, it's pretty useful. But there are plenty of reasons not to do business with Bank of America. I'm no shill for them.
I like privacy.com for this purpose - works well plus it can anonymize transactions to make them opaque to the bank.