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"How do they get the data" doesn't seem mysterious once you give them your logins. "Is this safe and why or why not" is the question I'd be much rather have ans

"How do they get the data" doesn't seem mysterious once you give them your logins. "Is this safe and why or why not" is the question I'd be much rather have answered.

grep 16y ago
Once you give them the login info, how can they get the data from the bank?
- phuff 16y ago
  See the answers under screen scraping; basically they load the web pages up, login as you, and parse the html to find what they need...
- xhuang 16y ago
  ironically you can just grep it:) curl -d "username=foo&password=bar" https://yourbank.com https://yourbank.com | grep balance
pbhjpbhj 16y ago
Don't bank user T&Cs specifically disallow sharing of your username and passwords though? Why would the bank be happy with a third party interrogating their systems in this way and allow the massive flow of traffic to a [successful] companies IP addresses? Surely there has to be some oversight from the bank? I think this would be illegal in the UK under Computer Misuse Act, or somesuch, as it's unauthorised access to a computer system; the user doesn't have the authority to grant others access.