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Re:Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Bankin... by adrr on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @08:11PM (#28228837)
It’s worse than that. I assume Plaid doesn’t scrape bank sites and rely on 3rd parties to bypass the EULAs on bank sites.
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Re:Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Bankin... by phoenixy1 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @09:56PM (#28229480)
Hi! I work at Plaid. This is false. We do not do that.
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Re:Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Bankin... by adrr on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @10:04PM (#28229526)
Ever? That was always the rumor on how aggregators could fix scraping within a day of major changes.
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Re:Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Bankin... by ceejayoz on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @10:36PM (#28229723)
If the supposed third-party scrapers can do it within a day, why wouldn't Plaid/Mint/Yodlee be able to do the same?
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Re:Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Bankin... by harringtonjones on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @09:09PM (#28229220)
can you please elaborate? this is quite the accusation
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Re:Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Bankin... by adrr on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @09:57PM (#28229486)
It is something I heard working in fintech, a lot around security, that the aggregators rely on 3rd party scrapers. Not plaid specific.
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