>a) I dislike giving so much information up...
How do you ever make a credit card transaction online without giving up your name and address? That's pretty much standard every time fiat currency changes hands on the internet.
How do you ever make a credit card transaction online without giving up your name and address? That's pretty much standard every time fiat currency changes hands on the internet.
And this is one of the many things wrong with credit card transactions. A seller shouldn't need my address; it needs my money. In the Netherlands we have a system called iDEAL, where, when you want to pay for a product online, you get redirected to a page of your bank and confirm the transaction. All the seller gets is a confirmation you paid (and of course a wad of cash in his account) - no private information shared.
Unless you're having a product delivered. But even those can be delivered to a pickup station nearby nowadays.
I don't think they usually confirm my billing address(haven't bought anything in a while where I don't need shipping address anyway)
Also, I am using virtual credit card + debit with credit card possibilities.
EDIT: My bank does not require confirmation on my home address. I have random numbers and address there.
I can't also sign up to mt gox because they don't accept my proofs.