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Have considered this but i have not yet started looking up anonymous ways to donate. Suggestions where i could start - eg how to anonymize credit card information online? If not anonymize, minimize personal info at least?
You could use the cryptocurrency Monero. It’s specifically made to be anonymous.
thanks for suggesting Monero, however i dont use cryptocurrency because we are still very cash dependent where im from.
You can buy monero online and then donate said monero to foss projects also online
You can't really anonymously use a credit card. Privacy.com will let you give bogus info to the FOSS project if you really don't trust the devs having your name, but you'll have to give Privacy a bunch of info which is arguably an even bigger invasion of privacy. I suppose it's a matter of who you trust.
Most donations will go through an intermediary like PayPal so it's not like you're giving them your credit card info directly.
guess i can just use my credit card details. i trust the devs more than paypal. hahahahaha. i mean, they have done so much good already.
How about bank account that generate cards for you ? Then you can destroy it online
thanks for this suggestion. like one-time-use cards? nice. this is new to me. i will ask my bank if they offer this service.
If you have Revolut or N26 you can generate a card only load it for amount you want and delete it after use.
FOSS s such a wide area of practice. There is no detriment in supporting a FOSS keyboard or image editor. Perhaps for these, or for software that might sails across the lines you might consider Monero, or similar.
i was thinking of donating to the projects i use a lot - inkscape and kdenlive. thanks for suggesting Monero, which was also suggested by another user. unfortunately, i dont have cryptocurrency. maybe i will just use cc for these donations.