Just a random guess - Maybe Cloudflare is killing the connection attempts every now and then? IPT does use Cloudflare on their end. I don’t have any specific experience with that but people have mentioned using things like FlareSolverr when using the *arr apps with a site behind Cloudflare.
If it’s not that then maybe it’s just IPT, hopefully someone else with the *arr apps set up with that tracker can give you more insight.
My bank doesn’t offer virtual credit cards sadly.
If you’re just looking for virtual cards, could you just apply for a credit card with that capability? In the U.S. there are credit card providers that can do that, not sure about Canada but I figured it’d be the same there.
Otherwise the comment from /u/brrt@sh.itjust.works is spot on, all the phone apps like Google Pay already virtualize your card number so you’re not actually sharing your full details with the merchant. Or make your own prepaid debit card via a separate checking account you put a bit of spending money into.
I also started becoming paranoid, whether someone was collecting my data and offering them to “the highest bidder”
Debrid services do collect data, the recent RealDebrid drama seems relevant since this app is basically for use with those services
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/32433831
It actually seems more private to self host Jellyfin to stream/playback already downloaded media files but that’s just my own interpretation.
I’ve always paid with crypto.
But you might be able to buy a prepaid credit card with cash and then use that for the seedbox payment? Maybe just double-check that it would work with your seedbox provider e.g. in the U.S. most prepaid cards sold in stores are U.S. only and won’t process international transactions and since most seedbox providers are outside the U.S. they may not work together. Haven’t spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to get the right prepaid card for those scenarios.