Use temporary credit cards

Even if you use random informations on your accounts while purchasing, your credit card number can be linked back to you which is why we reccomend using a different one for each purchase. This will also protect you in case of a data breach as the card will be useless after one use.

Your main bank might have an option for temporary cards in which case we recommend using them. If not, we can recommend using Privacy.com for US citizens or Revolut for Europeans. Revolut also being a full bank we reccomend you use it only for their temporary cards feature as they are not privacy focused.

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Do not use your real informations

I have never been asked to KYC for a purchase online. This means you can use random informations for your name, address, phone number and email address. You can use fake name generator to generate random but realistic informations. The only informations you might need to be real are your phone number and address for shipping purposes. If your threat model reqsuires it you can use a fake address like a locker, a friend house or an abandonned house and a temporary phone number.

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Warning : Depending on your jurisdiction this might be illegal. Make sure to check your local laws.

Use monero for online purchases

Most privacy focused online stores and services accept monero like your VPN, email provider, cloud storage, domain provider, hosting provider. If they don't accept monero chances are they accept other cryptocurrencies in which case you can use instant non-kyc exchanges to pay with monero.

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Use monero for offline purchases

While there are sadly not many places accepting monero for offline purchases there are a lot of online stores or p2p exchanges where you can convert your monero to gift cards for physical stores like CakePay or CoinCards.

If you live in German-speaking Switzerland we can reccommend using OpenCryptoPay to pay with monero in physical Spar stores.

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Warning : Depending on the size of your purchases and your jurisdiction you might need to declare your cryptocurrency transactions to your tax authority.

Poison data

Use your main credit card on your name when in long vacations or in a place you visit often hoping those purchases will be picked-up by advertisers and/or breached. This will create a lot of noise in the data collected on you.

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