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Hi, nowadays a lot of places online only accept payment via one of the three options mentioned. Privacy wise, which is my best option? My thread model is mainly based on surveillance capitalism.

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[โ€“] banazir@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Anecdotally, I don't trust Klarna one bit. A few years ago I was making a payment and Klarna directed me to a third party site that wanted my bank credentials. It was at that moment I stopped using Klarna and requested they delete all information they have on me. Apparently, Klarna wanted to see my account activity. I now go out of my way to avoid them. I have a similar issue with PayPal, where connecting a Credit Card requires entering information in a way I'm uncomfortable with.

So for now I'm just using a CC directly. This may not be the best approach, but it feels the least intrusive - for now. I don't know what the optimal solution would be. Maybe when GNU Taler becomes an option...

information in a way I'm uncomfortable with.

Huh, what's that? Maybe I did this so long ago that I don't remember before I started getting big into privacy.