Anonymous online payments?

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As you may be aware, the pirate party are looking to set up a new proxy service to provide privacy to citizens whose rights are being ever more eroded.

Given the government’s recent decision to start extraditing its citizens to the US for fun and profit, I am interested in doing all I can to protect myself from this. As such, I would like to find an untraceable way of purchasing the proxy service. My first thought is some kind of pre-pay debit card, but my initial research suggests these require applications and sign ups that would defeat the purpose. So, is there a pre-pay card you can get anonymously? Another way you can pay for internet based services with cash (No, posting cash to the ISP is not going to work :))?

I'm sure a lot of you are thinking "Hes up to something illegal". Well I'm not. Obviously I can't prove it, so please can you either take my word for it, or refrain from posting? Similarlly, if people DO post claiming its impossible that I'm not some kind of master criminal, can everyone else please ignore them?

Anyway, back to the point - anyone know of any such service? Any recommendations/bad experiences?
 
Escrow services might offer some kind of anonymity.

Bitcoin is one option, but there are lots of 'alternative payment' services.

If you can find a company willing to offer pre-paid cards for cash, that would be quite anonymous.
 
Prepay cash cards all need full and correct details as a law passed in the last few years to reduce the chance of money laundering covers the use of them.
 
kalvindeane said:
Good luck remaining anonymous, James from Berkshire. :p
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Lol, took me a minute to figure out where you got that from :)

I'm not concerned about data I have chosen to diseminate - aside from anything else, how do you know I'm really James and really from Berkshire? (I am, before the mods get twitchy :)).

Nearly shot myself in the foot - I started to type up why it is important to protect free speech, but then realised I would be violating my own request to keep this on topic :)
 
BigBoy said:
Prepay cash cards all need full and correct details as a law passed in the last few years to reduce the chance of money laundering covers the use of them.
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Really? wasn't aware of that. Don't suppose anyone knows which law/subsection/whatever it is? I'd be curious to read it.
 
Not got a clue, but I use to have an O2 money card (underwritten by Natwest) as a prepay credit card, back in November they had to cancel all accounts and re set them up (if you still wanted the service) that was due to above reason. Not got a clue what law was changed.
 
BigBoy said:
Prepay cash cards all need full and correct details as a law passed in the last few years to reduce the chance of money laundering covers the use of them.
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Yes, what you require is to cicumvent the various recent laws on money laundering. I am sure it can be done, but they purposely made it difficult to stop small time criminals doing it.

When you find a method, excluding bitcoins, be sure and tell HMRC after you've used the service so they can close that loophole also.

Can you send them cash in the post?
 
Only way to do it anonymously would be to pay CASH directly into their Bank Account, but as the Proxy people would have your details to enable you the service, it sort of defeats the whole purpose of what you are trying to do....
 
doofer said:
Only way to do it anonymously would be to pay CASH directly into their Bank Account, but as the Proxy people would have your details to enable you the service, it sort of defeats the whole purpose of what you are trying to do....
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That depends whether the proxy service give out the details to said government.
 
Moses said:
I'm just curious, as it seems a waste of time and money. It's like building flood defences around your home, when it's on the top of a massive hill.
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Only if you assume that the government will never abuse its power and/or make a mistake. I respect your view if you do, but I do not.
 
Moses said:
I'm just curious, as it seems a waste of time and money. It's like building flood defences around your home, when it's on the top of a massive hill.
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Awful comparison. He obviously wants some privacy, and wanting privacy doesn't mean he's breaking a law - and even if he is breaking a law, it doesn't mean he's acting immoral or being a bad person.
 
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