Ask HN: Do you manage your family's digital safety?
The number one thing that we do is use an assumed name and address (and phone number) for all online interactions.<p>If it's not a government agency, it doesn't get any real info.<p>So, for instance, Amazon has a made-up name and our PO BOX and our "junk" number from Twilio.<p>As I have mentioned here many, many times:<p>This is possible because VISA/MC do not verify cardholder name.  They make it <i>seem</i> like they do and merchants <i>think</i> that they do ... but they do not.  You can just enter "Mickey Mouse" and it will work just fine.[1][2]<p>Lyft, opentable, Toasttab, <i>Apple</i> ... none of them have ever seen our real names or addresses.<p>[1] This is not true of AMEX - they <i>do</i> verify cardholder name the way people think they do.<p>[2] There is a very rare, seldom used "verified by visa" step that some online merchants used to use (mostly in Europe) that did verify cardholder name ... but I have not seen it in years ...