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Premium Privacy Services: are they really that private ?
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this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2026
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I guess when you pay with a credit card, theres limited information being shared. Taking things at face value, you are paying for a service that wont track you, see your data, give away your data etc.
Looking at it in terms of privacy vs. anon is a good way to look at it. If you want anonymity, you won't be using a credit card I assume, unless it's a throwaway you can top up. I imagine people who want full anonymity would be using stuff that's more specialised and niche than the likes of Proton etc., likely FOSS stuff, home servers, services without login/registration.
Privacy is like a step away from anonymity in that regard I think.