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US Court nullifies FTC requirement for click-to-cancel

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571 points gausswho | 1 comments | 08 Jul 25 22:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.287s | source
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Irongirl1 ◴[09 Jul 25 04:13 UTC] No.44506284[source]▶
FYI: Everyone just use privacy.com

It allows you to make virtual cards that are single use.

So if a merchant keeps trying to charge you, it will automatically decline.

Until the powers that be gets its act together and stops allowing businesses to run all over us...this is the way.

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Shank ◴[09 Jul 25 08:33 UTC] No.44507588[source]▶
> So if a merchant keeps trying to charge you, it will automatically decline.

I learned this the hard way with the New York Times doing this, but merchants can “force settle” a transaction if they want and it’ll override the decline they get. This is a violation of the merchant agreement but companies do it anyway (like NYT did to me). Privacy isn’t as bullet-proof as you would think.

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1. reginald78 ◴[09 Jul 25 11:36 UTC] No.44508742[source]▶
Yes, Capital One offers a similar virtual card service and when I read into the fine details it wasn't as useful as a thought. There were seemingly exceptions that could override spending limits for subscriptions and the control was mostly an illusion.