gogogadgetearl . Money Money Money
2007.09.18
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perhaps you've heard of this site. perhaps not. it's mint.com. i signed up for it's beta use months ago. a few weeks back, i finally got an invite. i had to agree to not mention it to anyone (i.e. blog about it or send out the "Create an Account" url). as of today, they've gone public. so, now, please feel free to get yourself an account and manage your budget to your hearts content.
okay, it doesn't actually make your budget, but if you have multiple bank accounts, credit cards, student loans (that one is in the works), you can put 'em all on mint and have one place to login to and check your accounts. it really streamlines everything financial for you. they also have "ways to save" recommendations, and the services are growing. i'm really excited about the potential the site has.
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How does mint.com compare to wesabe? I actually haven't used wesabe yet, but it's in my queue of things to do... you should check it out and give a synopsis and comparison on each.
- [ 2007.09.19 | 10:32:44am ]
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I'm also curious as to how trusting you are of these other sites to not get hacked / slammed by a rogue employee (to keep all your different bank info there)?
- [ 2007.09.19 | 2:56:47pm ]
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i was just thinking that...At first when I read it, I was thinking that was an awesome idea. then reality set in...it may not even be hackers, it could be someone else just looking to squeeze info out of me. I have all of my financial records in one area, along with the keys to it all? Pass. I mean seriously, with places like MediaDefender sending out fake files over torrents, Facebook harvesting user data, (age, addresses, phone numbers, known associates and photographs, likes, dislikes and favorite stuff) and giving it to the government, etc...do I really want to do the same thing with my bank accounts? security outweighs convenience here, and so far, if my bank's site is compromised, I get it all back should anything go missing.
- [ 2007.09.19 | 5:00:02pm ]
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i was much the same, originally. my very first thought was "no way. that's got security risk written all over it." but rather than just writing it off, why don't you go visit their site and look at the "How Mint keeps you safe" page and it's full privacy policy and then decide. the way i see it, it's, at worst, as bad as ebay or paypal--and i'm definitely no stranger to those sites. when you visit their main page, they have a list of the institutions they've teamed with. i use u.s. bank. they're on the list. if u.s. bank trusts them, so do i.
wesabe seems to be a very similar site. i came across it about the same time of mint. however, at that time, i don't remember being able to sign up for an account, so i never pursued it. i see that it's also in the full release, so i'll definitely check it out--but as first glance, it seems to be virtually the same concept/implementation.
i was just reading through wesabe's privacy page. it seems to be even a little more secure, as it makes you run a program on your local machine that you type your passwords into, then it encrypts the info and sends it to the site. mint stores that data, in the same way amazon, ebay, etc. does. apparently, wesabe never actually has access to the passwords.- [ 2007.09.19 | 11:47:20pm ]
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Interesting Casey (about Wesabe's storage procedure)...
I guess the main thing I'm leery(sp?) of is rogue employees, though I'm guessing they're not super common.- [ 2007.09.24 | 8:07:47am ]