Prepaid debit cards: usable for privacy anymore?

I've often heard that a rechargeable debit card is a useful tool for maintaining financial privacy. But I looked at a number of such cards today, and all of them require an activation procedure that involves disclosing name, address and SSN. Has the market closed ranks on KYC, or are there still cards that can be charged without associating with a meatspace identity? -- Roy M. Silvernail is roy@rant-central.com, and you're not "It's just this little chromium switch, here." - TFT http://www.rant-central.com