I signed up with Mint.com when they first came out, but got scared off by the amount of confidential information they hold, so I bailed. I suspect the same has occurred with other subscribers, and as a result I don't think they are doing that well.
I use a Mac application called iBank that does much the same, but in the case of the app everything in the way of access is stored locally rather than on their servers. Granted, you could still be compromised, but the same could be said for doing your own online banking or credit card accounts, too. Dan --- On Sat, 1/1/11, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > From: Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] O.T. Free Budgeting Software > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Saturday, January 1, 2011, 2:10 PM > So far I've not heard them doing any > "bad things" but my fear would be if their systems get > compromised, they have all your bank passwords. No > thanks, > > Allan > > On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 11:44 -0700, "Bob Rentfro" <azbob...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > In the spirit of not making any resolutions, I was > looking for a free > > budgeting software to download and the prevolent one > seems to be this > > Mint.com thing. Right off the bat, it made me a little > nervous because > > the > > first thing it askes for is your bankcard number, " We > ask for the name > > of > > your bank or credit card only to download your > transaction history. You > > are > > not buying or paying for anything." > > > > Then they say they can, " > > > > Mint continuously monitors your accounts for > suspicious charges, and > > alerts > > you if something needs your attention. > > > > Moving or transferring money, or altering your > accounts in any way is > > impossible because Mint is a read-only system. > > > > Mint connects to your accounts using only the login > credentials for your > > bank or credit card. > > > > Plus, your login credentials and financial data are > protected with > > bank-level security. > > > > > > > > Sound legit? Does anyone use something else? > > > > > > > > Bob R > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
