Abine (Blur)

Abine (Blur) https://www.abine.com/index.html is a Boston, MA based, on-line privacy company that let you make masked e-mail addresses, masked telephone numbers, and masked credit card numbers (virtual cards) - along with several other services - to help protect your personal privacy.

Abine's (Blur) free version provides you with: encrypted passwords, masked e-mail, tracker blocking, and auto-fill. The paid version ($39/yearly, $59/2 years, $79/3 years) offers everything in the free version, plus: masked credit cards (virtual cards), masked telephone numbers, and a backup & sync program.

With the number of services that Abine (Blur) offers, what I have found most valuable is the ability to shop on-line without disclosing my actual credit card number, telephone number, or e-mail address to the merchant. My physical address is also protected as long as I am buying virtual / digital goods (i.e. an on-line subscription) or have some place other than my home to have items delivered. When using Abine (Blur) my billing address is listed as being in Boston, MA.

I had previously written about Privacy.Com here in the blog. Abine (Blur) is a similar service, but links to your credit card instead of to your bank account. I like and use both services, and recommend them as ways to protect your personal and financial privacy when shopping on-line.