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[–] flaccid_corn_husk@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not entirely familiar with this field but I took a look at there website and some other stuff online. It seems like they are a middle man between the viewers paying on the platform you stream on and you getting the payment. I've heard some pretty awful things about companies like that, so I would definitely be wary. I looked through their privacy policy and here's what they claim to "generally" collect.

  • Full name;
  • CPF;
  • Date of birth;
  • E-mail;
  • Phone/mobile;
  • Payment information.

Most of that seems fairly reasonable, it doesn't seem too excessive. I'm not sure what a CPF is but it seems to be a Brazilian thing. According to one user on reddit it's an identification thing similar to social security but not nearly as harmful if someone gets a hold of it. Supposedly the worst they could do is sign you up for a political party or something.

I also looked at there github page and it's definitely closed source, and only 7 people follow the repository so either not many people work on it or I found the wrong repository.

Again I'm not super familiar with this or the industry of streaming (which I assume is what you are doing based on the description of what the service is), but from what I've found I would recommend that you try to find something else that can offer what you're looking for, preferably open source, and if that doesn't exist then this seems like it might not be a terrible option.

If you do go with this I would recommend going through their privacy policy more thoroughly than I did, and also after you use it for a while request a copy of your data. If you discover that you don't like how much they have on you then stop using them and look for something else.

Hope that helps

[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

you know any open source alternatives?

[–] flaccid_corn_husk@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] flaccid_corn_husk@lemmy.cafe 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not sure, maybe if you explain exactly what your trying to do and what your looking for I might be able to help further. My thought was maybe there's a software or plugin that can do whatever you're trying to do, but I can't know without more information.

[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

hiding my name while receiving money for comissions

[–] flaccid_corn_husk@lemmy.cafe 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Right but can you give more details? Like are you actually streaming? I only assumed you were based on what I read about livepix. If so what platform are you using? How exactly does the thing show up that has your name? Is there a way you could change it to a username instead of an actual name, or are you also trying to hide the username.

Like I said I'm not familiar with streaming, so I need a lot more details to understand what your trying to do and how livepix fits into that equation. I'm trying to help you but I can't do that based on that one vague question.

[–] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I ain't even livestreaming I just wanna get paid for a comission someone asked for without giving away my name and part of my cpf

[–] flaccid_corn_husk@lemmy.cafe 1 points 48 minutes ago

Again more details would be really helpful. I don't know what platform you're selling commissions on, or what kind of commissions you are doing, but for receiving payment without giving the client your information there are a few options.

• The most private and anonymous option would be to use the cryptocurrency called Monero, which would require convincing each client to use Monero, so not very practical but it is definitely the most private (other than cash)

• Another option would be to use a service like PayPal. In order to do this you would need to make a PayPal business account, which hides your name and personal information from the buyer. I'm not a fan of this option because you have to give a lot of info to PayPal including a photo of your ID, and they probably sell a lot of data to advertisers. However if you don't care about that then PayPal might be the most convenient option. (Just a heads up, you have to make a business PayPal account on the desktop because the mobile app doesn't work properly for that)

• I think there are other services that might work similarly to PayPal, like maybe cash app, but I'm not super familiar with those. They might be better options though, so I would highly recommend you do some research before making a decision

None of these are related to whatever platform you might be using, because you haven't told me. In the future if you ask for help on a forum, please be much more detailed with your question. I want to help but it's near impossible when I don't have all the necessary information