Privacy.com Reissuing All Cards • Hacker News Board

Re: Privacy.com Reissuing All Cards

#21

Post by judge2020 » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 7:02 PM UTC

AdamJacobMuller wrote: post #2

Seems like they are changing bank partners and will use cards that code as "charge card" instead of "prepaid card" which is great (some places block "prepaid" cards) but they are forcing this change on everyone (as much as I could see) and doing it with only 30 days of notice, which is much less great.

For reference:

> On December 31, 2021, we will close all Visa Privacy Cards that have not been updated. In order to continue using Privacy.com without interruption, we need you to complete a few simple steps. Visit our FAQs to learn more.

Via the popup transition tool when logging in.

Sad they couldn't keep existing cards open till they expire, but just recently their card expiration dates jumped to lasting till 2027 so I see why.

Re: Privacy.com Reissuing All Cards

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Post by ibdf » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 7:04 PM UTC

"You can pay in more places! Our first version of the Privacy Card worked well for creating one-time use cards, setting spend limits, and locking cards to specific merchants. However, some merchant policies prevented our cards from being accepted online. The new version of our Privacy Cards maintains all of the privacy and security features you love while expanding the places where our cards are accepted."

Google was one of those merchants. I've been using this service for a few years now and it has saved me from so many headaches.

Re: Privacy.com Reissuing All Cards

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Post by wolpoli » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 7:04 PM UTC

jamestimmins wrote: post #18

Maybe this is an example of "developer brain", but when I see "reissuing all cards", it sounds like when a company has a security incident and resets all passwords at once. So as I scanned through, my read was "oh, Privacy.com had a security incident", which it did not.

I read it the same way as well, but my reasoning was that vague/generic/neutral headlines tend to be associated with bad news. E.g. Google's "spring cleaning"

Re: Privacy.com Reissuing All Cards

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Post by singlow » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 7:07 PM UTC

donmcronald wrote: post #5

m0ngr31 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Always bugged me when I tried to use a Privacy card on Digital Ocean

I thought DO had an option to prepay via Paypal.

Yes which means you prefund your expenses. If you provide a prepaid card as a funding source it is likely to not have funds when they attempt to debit you for services already rendered. I'm sure they'd be fine with you prepaying on a prepaid card.

Re: Privacy.com Reissuing All Cards

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Post by malfist » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 7:09 PM UTC

lostcolony wrote: post #20

malfist wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Affirm fully supports the use of virtual cards. You can use the app to generate a new visa card for every purchase.

I did. Multiple cards, multiple times. And got rejected each time. My actual debit card worked fine. The prior Privacy cards worked fine; that's what I had entered beforehand. It's just the new ones I reissued on Privacy that aren't being accepted.

Oh I see, you're talking about linking your affirm account to a debit card for payments? They might be being rejected because they fall into a high fraud category.

Re: Privacy.com Reissuing All Cards

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Post by Kye » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 7:19 PM UTC

It says something about a helper tool, but I don't see it in my dashboard.

Re: Privacy.com Reissuing All Cards

#27

Post by gonehome » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 7:21 PM UTC

Does anyone on HN have experience with this service or a personal comparison with Blur?

I’ve used delete me which works well enough (from the people that make Blur), but I’ve ended up just using the Apple Card which has a tiny amount of the privacy guarantees without a lot of the hassle (and good software).

I’ve been tempted to switch to one of these services though, but I think your data still gets resold by the card processor?

Re: Privacy.com Reissuing All Cards

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Post by junon » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 7:25 PM UTC

gonehome wrote: post #27

Does anyone on HN have experience with this service or a personal comparison with Blur? I’ve used delete me which works well enough (from the people that make Blur), but I’ve ended up just using the Apple Card which has a tiny amount of the privacy guarantees without a lot of the hassle (and good software). I’ve been tempted to switch to one of these services though, but I think your data still gets resold by the car…

Never heard of Blur, but I've used Privacy.com successfully for... man, maybe five years?

Never had any issues with them. Not one. They always Just Work, their app doesn't change every six months, I hardly ever have to log in. Everything 'Just Works'. They've been great.

The card reset is a tad unfortunate but isn't really an issue since they're all named/branded accordingly.

Re: Privacy.com Reissuing All Cards

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Post by junon » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 7:27 PM UTC

jamestimmins wrote: post #18

Maybe this is an example of "developer brain", but when I see "reissuing all cards", it sounds like when a company has a security incident and resets all passwords at once. So as I scanned through, my read was "oh, Privacy.com had a security incident", which it did not.

To be clear to anyone who's reading along here instead of the site, they're reissuing cards because they are changing the way their card issuance works in order to improve merchant compatibility (which is definitely needed).

As such they have to use, presumably, a different set of card numbers/prefixes/whatever that the card issuers dictate. No security incident prompted this.

Re: Privacy.com Reissuing All Cards

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Post by mattnewton » Fri, Dec 03, 2021, 7:28 PM UTC

gonehome wrote: post #27

Does anyone on HN have experience with this service or a personal comparison with Blur? I’ve used delete me which works well enough (from the people that make Blur), but I’ve ended up just using the Apple Card which has a tiny amount of the privacy guarantees without a lot of the hassle (and good software). I’ve been tempted to switch to one of these services though, but I think your data still gets resold by the car…

Privacy.com has been fantastic for me - AMA.

However I am such a heavy user that this announcement is actually rather annoying. I didn't see an email about it yet either, and could have easily missed that I am going to need to update 10 or so subscriptions this month :/