Your encrypted files mean nothing if your bank statement says "Delete Upon Death." Here's how to pay without leaving a trace.
Different methods for different threat models. Most people are fine with Level 2. Choose based on who you're hiding from.
| Method | Privacy | No ID | No Bank Trail | No Digital Trail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Card | ●●○○○ | |||
| Virtual Card (Privacy.com) | ●●●○○ | |||
| Cash-Bought Prepaid | ●●●●○ | |||
| Bitcoin | ●●●○○ | |||
| Monero | ●●●●● |
Good enough for most. Your statement shows nothing identifiable.
Your bank statement shows "DUD DIGITAL SERVICES" — a generic merchant name that reveals nothing about the nature of the purchase. This provides plausible deniability for casual observers.
Best for: People who want convenience and aren't concerned about determined legal or forensic investigation. Sufficient if you're hiding from family, employers, or casual snoops.
The sweet spot. High privacy, low effort.
Buy a prepaid card with cash. No ID required for cards under $500 in most jurisdictions. The card isn't linked to your identity, and cash leaves no trail.
Pro tip: Buy the card at a store you don't normally visit, not near your home or work. Don't use loyalty cards or digital payments for anything else in the same transaction.
Digital payment without banks. Privacy depends on which coin.
Monero is specifically designed for privacy. Unlike Bitcoin, transactions are untraceable by default. Sender, receiver, and amount are all hidden using ring signatures, stealth addresses, and RingCT.
Bitcoin is pseudonymous, not anonymous. Every transaction is recorded on a public blockchain. Sophisticated analysis can sometimes link transactions to identities, especially if you bought BTC through a KYC exchange.
If using Bitcoin: Acquire through non-KYC methods (Bitcoin ATM with cash, peer-to-peer). Use a fresh wallet. Consider CoinJoin mixing first.
Payment privacy is only half the equation. Your ISP and network can see which sites you visit.
The Tor network routes your connection through multiple encrypted relays, hiding your IP address and location. Our .onion address is hosted directly on Tor — your traffic never touches the regular internet.
Download Tor Browser at torproject.org. Paste the address above. Bookmark it.
Your email is only used for dead man's switch check-ins. It doesn't need to be traceable to you.
Recommended: ProtonMail (free, encrypted), SimpleLogin (aliases), Guerrilla Mail (temporary), or let us generate a vault-specific inbox for you at checkout.
Don't want to figure this out yourself? We'll walk you through everything and set it up with you.
Our payment processor handles transactions. For crypto payments we use claim codes — we see the code, not who generated it. Your vault is just an encrypted blob tied to a hashed username. Even internally, there's no way to connect a payment to a person to a vault.