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Eh, it’s herd security. Hackers with credentials may pick off a few people’s accounts, but the odds of you being hit are low since it’s a hard problem to scale
by xwdv 5y ago
Eh, it’s herd security. Hackers with credentials may pick off a few people’s accounts, but the odds of you being hit are low since it’s a hard problem to scale and there’s so many targets.
- vorpalhex 5y agoFor the 0.3 seconds until they automate emptying accounts...
- Robin_Message 5y agoIf all Plaid's customers accounts were emptied in one go, I suspect banks would reverse those transactions and tell any counterparties that lost money to pound sand. I believe the cool kids call it a "hard fork", as in, if you are the bank that received the stolen funds and let someone withdraw them, you get forked, hard.
- xwdv 5y agoYou wouldn’t drain all accounts all at once. Pick a couple accounts to satisfy your needs and drain them. Harder to get caught.