There are a ton of Slack apps popping up. Are they typically side projects? Or on the VC / startup path? (This is not a dig at Slack apps, just curious whether people see a big market here)
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#33A company exists that scrapes the bank sites of all major banks but obv cannot defeat two factor auth so for my accounts package I used to give them my username and then have to enter the two factor each time anyway.
I conclude its too dangerous to give other companies my RW login details
Basically programmatic access to my accounts - forget it. Differentiated access (RO, RW, fine grained), don't make me laugh.
Is this just UK? Is there a better bank Inshoukd move to?
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#34This is potentially enormously sensitive data that'd be very valuable to competitors etc. I'd want to see a much more extensive privacy policy than the current state of https://www.swayfinance.com/privacy , particularly as it's a free service in need of an eventual business model.
Great point about the privacy policy. It's important to us to make it clear that we're not misusing the information. Thanks for the feedback!
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#35This is potentially enormously sensitive data that'd be very valuable to competitors etc. I'd want to see a much more extensive privacy policy than the current state of https://www.swayfinance.com/privacy , particularly as it's a free service in need of an eventual business model.
And to add to that the real issue is that Slack stores data unencrypted on their servers. This would be handing your financial data over to a third party to old in an unsecured format. Yikes.
"Slack stores data unencrypted on their servers" ?Re: Show HN: Slackbot for founders to track their startup's finances
#36This is potentially enormously sensitive data that'd be very valuable to competitors etc. I'd want to see a much more extensive privacy policy than the current state of https://www.swayfinance.com/privacy , particularly as it's a free service in need of an eventual business model.
I see you're using plaid underneath to connect; so giving some assurance that plaid is handling the data flow and sway will not be storing usernames/passwords would be nice (if that is true).