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Just curious: How many of you are willing to give your bank passwords to Mint.com? I'm still scared to give out my most important credentials to a 3rd party. Ma

Just curious: How many of you are willing to give your bank passwords to Mint.com? I'm still scared to give out my most important credentials to a 3rd party. Maybe I'm paranoid.

darius 19y ago
Apparently many people gave their information to Wesabe (http://www.wesabe.com http://www.wesabe.com), which is a direct Mint competitor.
- brett 19y ago
  They are a little different. With Wesabe you download a desktop app, put you bank credentials into that, and then the desktop app uploads your data to the Wesabe site. With Mint you give their webapp your bank credentials and they store them on their server. http://mint.com/safe.html http://mint.com/safe.html http://www.wesabe.com/page/security http://www.wesabe.com/page/security
- aaroneous 19y ago
  A big selling point for Wesabe is just that - they never store your banking credentials.
omouse 19y ago
Yeah I think I'd still prefer a desktop application for that. I actually stand in line to cash cheques instead of using the ATM because I'm afraid it'll mess something up somehow.
- rms 19y ago
  You're saying you're more comfortable giving your bank passwords to an internet enabled desktop application than a web app? or that you would just rather type your information in yourself, in Quicken or something?
  - omouse 19y ago
    2nd choice.
dpapathanasiou 19y ago
I'm still scared to give out my most important credentials to a 3rd party. Maybe I'm paranoid. I'm with you, and no, it's not paranoia, especially when stories like this (also on the news.yc front page right now) are still making news: http://www.venturecake.com/layered-technologies-hacked/ http://www.venturecake.com/layered-technologies-hacked/ From the article: Major US hosting company Layered Technologies have been hacked. Credentials for 5-6000 hosted accounts - and the data stored in them, including customer details in web stores - have been compromised. I hope Mint doesn't used Layered for their hosting.
nickb 19y ago
Few days(?) ago Ameritrade found out they've been trojaned for a while and hackers stole all the customer info. I'm not saying Mint is screwed but current phisihing scams and security lapses have people scared. Financial sites will develop a stigma that many people have when you ask them to 'install' something on their machines.

Just curious: How many of you are willing to give your bank passwords to Mint.com? I'm still scared to give out my most important credentials to a 3rd party. Maybe I'm paranoid.

darius 19y ago

Apparently many people gave their information to Wesabe (http://www.wesabe.com http://www.wesabe.com), which is a direct Mint competitor.

brett 19y ago
They are a little different. With Wesabe you download a desktop app, put you bank credentials into that, and then the desktop app uploads your data to the Wesabe site. With Mint you give their webapp your bank credentials and they store them on their server. http://mint.com/safe.html http://mint.com/safe.html http://www.wesabe.com/page/security http://www.wesabe.com/page/security
aaroneous 19y ago
A big selling point for Wesabe is just that - they never store your banking credentials.

omouse 19y ago

Yeah I think I'd still prefer a desktop application for that. I actually stand in line to cash cheques instead of using the ATM because I'm afraid it'll mess something up somehow.

rms 19y ago
You're saying you're more comfortable giving your bank passwords to an internet enabled desktop application than a web app? or that you would just rather type your information in yourself, in Quicken or something?
- omouse 19y ago
  2nd choice.

dpapathanasiou 19y ago

I'm still scared to give out my most important credentials to a 3rd party. Maybe I'm paranoid. I'm with you, and no, it's not paranoia, especially when stories like this (also on the news.yc front page right now) are still making news: http://www.venturecake.com/layered-technologies-hacked/ http://www.venturecake.com/layered-technologies-hacked/ From the article: Major US hosting company Layered Technologies have been hacked. Credentials for 5-6000 hosted accounts - and the data stored in them, including customer details in web stores - have been compromised. I hope Mint doesn't used Layered for their hosting.

nickb 19y ago

Few days(?) ago Ameritrade found out they've been trojaned for a while and hackers stole all the customer info. I'm not saying Mint is screwed but current phisihing scams and security lapses have people scared. Financial sites will develop a stigma that many people have when you ask them to 'install' something on their machines.