That is a neat concept.... On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > So, I don't normally try to sell friends (or enemies) into banking slavery > or anything else really, but for those that need a card to buy things > online and other sketchy places, I found Final to be rather compelling > geeky solution. I'd heard about what it does, and found it a service I've > waited for for a long time. https://getfinal.com/ > > I got signed up on the waiting list a while back and got in recently, and > they're now sending some "friend" codes out to get others in. Seems some > folks here might appreciate the solution too, I'm liking it so far. > > Don't blame me for your credit, but if you're interested, go to > http://signup.getfinal.com and use this code to get in: > > ea80be9810603cabf7aa. > > What sold me on it? I am sick of replacing my card every 3 months with > every new leak of my PCI data, so this allows me to create a unique > one-time, or vendor-locked card id to a give each unique merchant you deal > with. > > Ideally if the number is compromised, you only lose the one use/vendor > anyways, plus you know who sucked and gave up your data in theory. The > android app is basic, but works well for managing and creating the card > number profiles per merchant. > > I rather hate the fact every time I have to change my card, and be > inconvenienced resetting it across 50 other merchants, that I am at least > not told what merchant was compromised, therefore banks protecting their > inept customers, insecure organizations doing so. I'm hoping this helps me > identify the stupid to never do business with them again. > > Sadly no other/real bank really offers anything remotely like this. HTH! > > -mb > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen