The Secret API of Banks

Re:The Secret API of Banks by cjpa on Thursday August 09, 2018 @05:13AM (#17722678)

So, he does not trust third-parties with his banking details, but uses a third-party to send emails with a complete detail of his account to an email-server (which might or might not be run by a third party). The logic is lost on me.

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Re:The Secret API of Banks by Legogris on Thursday August 09, 2018 @05:47AM (#17722806)

Furthermore, the e-mails are sent in clear-text and readable by any endpoint on the way transporting the e-mail to its destination. It's akin to sending your information back to yourself by post card rather than stored in a file with a third-party.

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Re:The Secret API of Banks by gduverger on Thursday August 09, 2018 @08:58PM (#17729880)

The alert emails do not contain “detail of [my] account,” only the last 4 digits of my account (for Chase). Even if someone were to intercept those emails, they couldn't do much with them.

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