GuardYaGrill

Made a dumb mistake

https://sh.itjust.works/post/40155990

Made a dumb mistake - sh.itjust.works

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.

Jun 14, 2025 at 6:04pmWeb
Show threadNorah (pup/it/she)Jun 14, 2025
Unless someone anti-piracy is combing through your statements, why would anything come of it? I use my debit mastercard for nzbgeek and vipernews and have never had an issue.
Show threadKitJun 15, 2025
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.
Show threadNorah (pup/it/she)Jun 15, 2025
No. I’m not American, the rewards suck here, I’m never getting a credit card. My bank doesn’t even offer them :)
Show threadfreemanJun 15, 2025

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.

Show threadNorah (pup/it/she)Jun 15, 2025
I do have a seperate card for recurring payments that is easily cancellable.
Show threadMentalEdgeJun 14, 2025

That’d be like paying for internet service being used to screw you.

A usenet account is not in itself proof of anything.