Totally agree and I use many free services. I guess it depends on the amount and type of personal info I've shared. This forum does not need my id and password for my investments.
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Totally agree and I use many free services. I guess it depends on the amount and type of personal info I've shared. This forum does not need my id and password for my investments.
mountainsoft
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Agree 100%! I signed up for Mint a long time ago until I realized they wanted me to give them access to all of my financial accounts. Nope, no way, no how.
I grew up with a very simple rule, never put all your eggs in one basket.
Hacked accounts and businesses are almost a daily story on the news. I don't care how secure Mint (or any other company) is, I'm not taking that chance for the sake of convenience.
bltkmt
Recycles dryer sheets
F.I.R.E User
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Web version Goals section. App had it too but it’s limited. It’s been there for few years.
Exactly. I'm sure a hackers best bang for the buck is Mint
F.I.R.E User
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Mint is as safe as you can. I understand security.
Seriously?
Not even sure what your sentence is supposed to be conveying but as someone with 35 years in the information technology and cyber security space I can 100% tell you that NOTHING is totally safe. Microsoft, Apple, Google and all the rest will tell you the same.
Why would anyone think that giving Mint all of your credentials would be safe. Does Mint have better engineers than the government of the USA, Russia, China, North Korea? Better than Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc. etc. ?
Seriously?
Not even sure what your sentence is supposed to be conveying but as someone with 35 years in the information technology and cyber security space I can 100% tell you that NOTHING is totally safe. Microsoft, Apple, Google and all the rest will tell you the same.
Why would anyone think that giving Mint all of your credentials would be safe. Does Mint have better engineers than the government of the USA, Russia, China, North Korea? Better than Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc. etc. ?
Seriously?
F.I.R.E User
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I am not a big fish. Why would someone want my info?
mountainsoft
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Hackers don't care about you, but they do care about the money in your accounts. How much ya got? I'm guessing that makes you a big enough fish. You may not be Jeff Bezo's, but $100K or more in a retirement account would make a pretty good prize for any hacker. If they can access your savings and checking accounts too, all the better.
F.I.R.E User
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Has anyone lost money with Mint?
With respect to the cautious and the paranoid, Mint is about a safe as you can find. Its access to your accounts is read-only.
I’ve been using it every day since about 2009. It’s the top personal financial summary tool out there. It makes money by advertising, referral to financial products (American Express, e.g.), and through the sale of anonymized aggregate consumer data.
I’ve been using it every day since about 2009. It’s the top personal financial summary tool out there. It makes money by advertising, referral to financial products (American Express, e.g.), and through the sale of anonymized aggregate consumer data.
F.I.R.E User
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I had Yodlee then switched to Mint. I like PC and Status Money too.
richardf
Dryer sheet aficionado
Mint is Mint
I like Mint a lot. I’ve used it for several years. It has a great interface that you can modify. Change account names, hide non-active accounts. You can’t add Apple Card yet but maybe sometime.
I like Mint a lot. I’ve used it for several years. It has a great interface that you can modify. Change account names, hide non-active accounts. You can’t add Apple Card yet but maybe sometime.
I have used Mint since 2009 without problem. I have mostly used it to help track my spending. They have access to all my bank and credit card accounts, but not my brokerage account. I didn't really see a big benefit of Mint having my brokerage account info.
I’m happy with Mint as a tool to keep an eye on all our transactions.
I’m more likely to see a suspicious transaction because it’s easier to spot in one app.
It’s made it very easy to see where our money goes.
It was reassuring to see that in 2020 our expenses were half of our projected retirement expenses. We can live on far less than we spend.
The information I “sell” to Intuit is used to market loans and other financial products via in-app ads.
There are far fewer synchronization issues than I had with Quicken, Schwab or Vanguard aggregators.
Nothing is risk free. I use 2 factor authentication and all the aggregators I’ve used are “read only”.
I’m more likely to see a suspicious transaction because it’s easier to spot in one app.
It’s made it very easy to see where our money goes.
It was reassuring to see that in 2020 our expenses were half of our projected retirement expenses. We can live on far less than we spend.
The information I “sell” to Intuit is used to market loans and other financial products via in-app ads.
There are far fewer synchronization issues than I had with Quicken, Schwab or Vanguard aggregators.
Nothing is risk free. I use 2 factor authentication and all the aggregators I’ve used are “read only”.
buckskinbowman
Dryer sheet wannabe
Mint's Retirement Forecast isn't all that great. You tell Mint which of your accounts are retirement accounts, how much you will add to your retirement accounts each month, and what your goal is. Mint then adds up all the funds in your designated retirement accounts, adds in your stated monthly contribution to those accounts, and projects a date. If the market falls one week, your retirement date gets extended. If the market rises, your retirement date is shortened. As simple as that.
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