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by koheripbal 1376 days ago
I consider all online accounts as breached. That is why I use unique passwords.

If my CC is compromised, i'll notice in my monthly statement and report the bad charges (this has happened twice in 10 years). ...once from using the card in eastern Europe and the 2nd time at a hospital recently.

Not using services online because you're afraid of a breach is highly inefficient.

Better to share as little as possible and have consistencies when there are breaches.

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I generally do the same but go a little further. I use an anonaddy email address and a virtual card from privacy.com with limit. This way Patreon and their customers do not know who is funding these creators. A breach is also a negligible risk. Unfortunately, I am probably in the 1% of people who take these measures.
I'd like to think that my CC provider would flag any bad transactions as they happen, as most do.