submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by GuardYaGrill@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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One late night I opted to sign up to NewsDemon and abNZB to dabble into Usenet and done used my personal CC to authorize the payments, how screwed am I?

I obviously don’t intend to renew the services with this oversight, likely going to use prepaid visas from now on however, I have an itch that this will bite me in the ass.

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[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

You really shouldn't use your debit card for anything other than withdrawing money at an ATM. Credit cards are safer plus you get rewards.

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 days ago

No. I'm not American, the rewards suck here, I'm never getting a credit card. My bank doesn't even offer them :)

[-] freeman@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

Hi, fellow non-american here. I use a prepaid card for online shopping and stuff like this. If there are suspicious transactions I can burn the card and request a new one.

Some onlinebanks even let you generate a new card with the exact needed amout for every transaction.

[-] Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

I have never had a suspicious transaction, because the way payments work here (NL) they always need to be authorised, and recurring payments require a different authorisation that you can of course always cancel. You can't just take money by knowing the card number and cvv (which we also don't have (yet)).