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A few years ago I tried that as an experiment. I wanted to see if I could setup completely anonymous Tor exit nodes. It didn't work.

I bought a prepaid debit card at a grocery store with cash. I tried to sign up for a few VPS providers using coffee shop WiFi. All wanted additional verification or wouldn't allow me to use the card. All providers use 3rd party services (eg MaxMind) to prevent fraud and prepaid cards is one of the things they look for.

Has anyone had luck doing this?




I've run into the issue as well. You just need to find providers that don't ask.




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