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Comment by toomanyrichies | Hacker News Reader

Isn't this a great way to motivate users to respond by setting up throw-away accounts, with disposable forwarding emails and Privacy.com-generated credit card numbers? True, this is a multi-step process, but it also seems like something which could be automated.

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I was told by experienced web developer to do exactly this: every time I need something for Google I must create new address and new identity. If something goes wrong only project related identity gets destroyed and I can access other accounts.

Until some automated system catches you with your many accounts and bans all of them?

I’ve got around 30 different gmail accounts for various non nefarious projects, i wonder if they think that’s bad?

My experience with those generated CC numbers has been poor. A lot of sites somehow recognize them and reject them.

I don't know if I'm having a false memory but it think someone some time ago commented here on a similar topic that they got banned on Google for using a virtual card

First digits of the credit card tells you what card it is and who is the issuer. Detecting privacy.com is just a matter of knowing their ranges.

They also themselves will prevent you from using those cards to break ToS if they can detect it (i.e. multiple sign-ups for known service).

There are often a variety of ways that duplicate accounts are detected, device ID, ip addresses, phone numbers, fingerprints, physical addresses, etc.

IIRC google requires a non-voip phone, so you’ll need a burner phone too if you want to go that route.

Virtual cards are often associated with fraud or malicious actions and may be rejected entirely. Generating cards probably can be done programmatically, but so can recognizing and blocking those cards.

I can get unique CC number for every transaction. Normal service from my bank.

What country? What bank???

This is normal in Portugal.

I can generate single-use cards with an arbitrary limit, limit cards that can be used any number of times, and cards with a monthly renewing limit.

This works for literally any bank in Portugal via an app called MBWay.

France, virtually any major bank really: LCL, Boursorama, Societe Generale, etc.

Brazil, at least Itaú does this.

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