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Are all Virtual Card providers careless with privacy? (pawb.social)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/privacy@programming.dev
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I went looking through different virtual card providers for something that'd let me make a purchase I originally intended to use a prepaid for, yet they wouldn't accept it. This led me to looking into Virtual Card providers as they'd work more consistently.

Problematically, Privacy.com seems overkill on what all it demands as far as KYC standards go, and some suggest IronVest as an alternative because it demands less. Yet, their privacy policy explicitly states they can share your information with advertising partners.

I haven't encountered many providers, but seeing this trend, I wanna raise the question: Is there any virtual Card provider that really cares for privacy, and the privacy-minded?

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[–] 1 point 1 month ago

Founder of Halocard here.

Okay I am trying out Halocard right now. What the actual fuck, it sends the verification code via Whatsapp to the phone number I provide.

SMS verification is no longer required to sign-up. You can (optionally) verify your phone after you create your account and we'll send the code via whatsapp first and then SMS as a fall-back. This is intentional to combat SMS-pumping attacks we've experienced in the past.

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