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pavel_lishin on July 28, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Who's doing this to my internet?

I swear I remember some bank or company generating single-use credit card numbers specifically for this kind of concern.

Did it fizzle out due to lack of use, or improved security on the banks' part, or am I just another victim of the Mandela/Berenstain effect?

nine_k on July 28, 2015 | [–]

You can still buy virtual Visa cards from various vendors: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=virtual+visa+card

icebraining on July 28, 2015 | | [–]

My bank still does this, and someone else said Citi does too.

TheGrimDerp1 on July 28, 2015 | [–]

a block-chained digital currency would work pretty well...

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