Re:Show HN: Safe Money – privacy-first finance tracker
by dkzlv on Friday June 25, 2021 @03:48PM
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Can you elaborate a little bit on what you find contradictory in these statements?
Re:Show HN: Safe Money – privacy-first finance tracker
by diggernet on Friday June 25, 2021 @04:00PM
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Sure... If the OFX/CSV we upload is encrypted before we upload it, how can you process it ("Leave the rest to us"). Conversely, if you are processing the OFX/CSV, how can you not peek into it?
Re:Show HN: Safe Money – privacy-first finance tracker
by dkzlv on Friday June 25, 2021 @04:04PM
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Oh, I see.
OFX/CSV files are processed on the client-side, and we never get the raw file, only the processed and encrypted transactions. Does that make sense?
Re:Show HN: Safe Money – privacy-first finance tracker
by dkzlv on Friday June 25, 2021 @04:11PM
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Ooooh, I get it! “Upload” is a bad word for that. Will change it to something else, thanks!
Re:Show HN: Safe Money – privacy-first finance tracker
by diggernet on Friday June 25, 2021 @06:33PM
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Yup, I think that's where the mental conflict comes from. How about "import"?
Re:Show HN: Safe Money – privacy-first finance tracker
by nostalgiac on Saturday June 26, 2021 @04:20AM
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I don't think any word will do it justice. I would spell out that it's done client-side and what information is/isn't uploaded.
> End-to-end encryption > No user data leaves the client in plaintext.
> Smart import > Upload any OFX/CSV file from any bank in the world. Leave the rest to us.
Edit: To clarify, "No way for us to sell your data or even peek into it" is more the contradiction I had in mind than just end-to-end encryption.