revoking my endorsement of privacy.com
www.youtube.com
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Persona

From the same directors of OpenAI closing their models, Privacy.com now requires ID checks.

  • FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    36·
    29 days ago

    IDK if it was Persona, but when I tried to sign up last year, they demanded I send a copy o fmy photo ID to a 3rd party identity broker. I refused, and did not sign up. Given the recent huge breaches of photo ID databases, I feel kinda vindicated about that.

  • ramenshaman@lemmy.world
    91·
    29 days ago

    I logged in last night and didn’t see anything about verification. Still, I’m going to start looking for alternatives.

    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      9·
      28 days ago

      same, I wasn’t personally affected… Yet

      But I’m also not creating any more cards with them and I’m jumping ship if I see decent alternative.

  • dmtalon@lemmy.world
    3·
    29 days ago

    My CC is EOL it’s extension to access/create virtual CC’s and I use that multiple times a week so I’ve been looking around and knew about privacy.com

    And that’s quite the timing regarding them. I can still create and use virtual cards but it’s going to be a lot bigger pita which is why I was looking around.

    Hope someone knows a good alternative!

  • rando@lemmy.ml
    2·
    27 days ago

    I’m using privacy.com haven’t been asked any ID yet but then again bank account is attached to it so I assume it verifies through bank. What am I missing, what should I change? Or maybe how should I understand this change?

    • DupaCycki@lemmy.world
      263·
      28 days ago

      Have you even read the website you’re linking?

      I went through it, and there’s nothing of note there. It basically boils down to somebody calling a bunch of people weirdos, with some arbitrary claims, and links to irrelevant, even contradictory information.

      On August 3rd, 2026, Louis posted a video about openly transgender Colorado state representative Brianna Titone, and in the YouTube comments posted a remark explaining his position on transgender issues, which can be paraphrased as “I think transgender women are men but I’m willing to overlook it if we have common cause”.

      The ‘source’ provided here only links to the video. Good luck reading all the 423 comments, and figuring out which one is him saying anything close to that paraphrased statement.

      They’re also calling Louis a weirdo for being an associate of Eron Wolf. And if you go to Eron Wolf’s entry, he’s a weirdo, because… he’s an associate of Louis Rossmann. Yeah, that’s makes perfect sense.

      Eron is the modestly wealthy founder of FUTO, an organization that funds software projects. He doesn’t like the Open Source Definition (…)

      This is one of the few technically accurate claims on the page, but it’s manipulative. The relevant part of FULU’s statement is:

      Our use of the term “open source” thus far has been not out of carelessness, but out of disdain for OSI approved licenses which nevertheless allow developers to be exploited by large corporate interests. The OSI, an organization with confidential charter members and large corporate sponsors, does not have any legal right to say what is and is not “open source”. It is arrogant of them to lay claim to the definition.

      I think it’s perfectly reasonable.

      I’m guessing the website author is hoping you won’t actually click any of the links, because none of them support their claims or the points they’re trying to make.

      I’d say this just looks like a billionaire-funded smear campaign.

    • magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      21·
      28 days ago

      I liked him back in the macbook repair days, the futo stuff always gave me weird vibes, but the right for repair stuff was still good to see.

      Shame to see he’s that type of asshole though, not really sure what to do with my Mr.Clinton right-to-repair shirt now.