Just like I can have application-specific passwords for my Google account, I wish I could have application-specific credit card numbers from my CC issuer.
If I had these, I would immediately cancel my Linode-specific CC# and reissue a new one. I would not have to worry that my other recurring bills will go unpaid, or spend hours dealing with tracking them down and changing them.
Crazy, thanks for sharing. I use BofA and am interested, but here is the issue:
> Set your Valid through date for up to 1 year in the future
I'd really like it to be up to the expiration date of my card. It's probably worth doing anyway, I suppose. Thanks for the heads up. Given the zero-liability status, I'm surprised that banks don't promote this feature more visibly.
I've used the BoA and it's fantastic for one-time purchases. Like another commenter mentioned, it's only good for 1 year and you give a global cap. It would be nice if it was more permanent and allowed for a weekly or monthly cap so you could use it with subscription services or something like Amazon.
The portuguese ATM network operator provides this for free (its called mbnet btw). You can even set expiry times and value limit, it's the best thing to use when paying for stuff online. Want to buy a 9€ game? Just create a 10€ card and use it.
Visa have this (probably others too) that you can generate and either set a time or value limit on. Don't think you can set a monthly limit though unfortunately. They call it e-cards (in sweden at least).
Because the CVV is used to indicate the "presence" of the customer at a transaction. CVV1 (which is on the magstripe) is used to indicate "card-present" physical transactions, CVV2 (printed on the back) is used for "customer just typed this in" non-physical transactions.
If I had these, I would immediately cancel my Linode-specific CC# and reissue a new one. I would not have to worry that my other recurring bills will go unpaid, or spend hours dealing with tracking them down and changing them.