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Re:Ask HN: How do you donate online anonymously? by Rjevski on Saturday November 10, 2018 @04:55AM (#18420667)
How anonymous do you want to be? Are you trying to hide from the recipient only, or also from their payment processors, or the government?

Each of these requirements has different solutions.

Re:Ask HN: How do you donate online anonymously? by e12e on Saturday November 10, 2018 @05:43AM (#18420778)
Do note that another term for absolute anonymous donations is "funding terrorism". So good luck hiding your donations entirely.

I suspect a sibling comment is correct - buy a visa/etc giftcard (perhaps with cash) and use that to donate online if the recipient accepts online payments - or send the card details via email, or the card via snail mail?

Re:Ask HN: How do you donate online anonymously? by dorianm on Saturday November 10, 2018 @05:47AM (#18420792)
Or more commonly "money laundering"
Re:Ask HN: How do you donate online anonymously? by hiaux0 on Saturday November 10, 2018 @07:21AM (#18421045)
That's a valid perspective, thanks for mentioning.

> buy a visa/etc giftcard

I like that suggestion the best as well.

Re:Ask HN: How do you donate online anonymously? by therealidiot on Saturday November 10, 2018 @05:25AM (#18420740)
Not OP but if I wanted to donate without revealing identity to the recipient, what are my options?
Re:Ask HN: How do you donate online anonymously? by Rjevski on Saturday November 10, 2018 @06:25AM (#18420886)
Depending on the recipient's fraud checks you can simply use your credit card but use a fake name & address; if they don't decline the transaction then that's all you have to do.