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Re:Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Bankin... by dvt on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @07:42PM (#28228620)
It's actually kind of crazy how a company was able to build a business out of this and get acquired while doing it, too. If someone would've pitched me the idea, I would've been like "it's doable, but it'll never be a viable business."

Goes to show what I know.

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Re:Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Bankin... by munk-a on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @08:02PM (#28228776)
I'm not personally surprised that you could find users to buy into this kind of product - I'm amazed that none of the US regulators came down on them hard and killed them dead five+ years ago.
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Re:Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Bankin... by sumedh on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @08:15PM (#28228865)
They are probably not doing anything illegal, sure you break the banks terms of service but you the user willingly gives the login credentials to the third party.
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