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Re:Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Bankin... by perl4ever on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:55PM (#28230166)
I haven't used Plaid, but how is this different from Mint or Quicken that have been around for years?
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Re:Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Bankin... by cocoa19 on Thursday August 19, 2021 @12:35AM (#28230353)
Mint and Quicken are end user applications, Plaid is not. Plaid is an API provider to access financial information from multiple institutions.
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Re:Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Bankin... by perl4ever on Thursday August 19, 2021 @12:49AM (#28230429)
Ok, but it's like the portion of Mint or Quicken that interfaces with financial institutions, and it enables end user applications, right?

When I wrote "how is it different" I meant how is it different in the task it performs which (I assume) Mint and Quicken also perform.

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Re:Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Bankin... by w4llstr33t on Thursday August 19, 2021 @01:51AM (#28230772)
Mint also did screen scraping, powered by Yodlee [1], if that’s what you mean. So, yes, same risks as Plaid.

They later moved off of Yodlee to Intuit APIs, post acquisition, although those also do screen scraping [2], and thus carry the same risks.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1537825

[2] https://money.cnn.com/2010/12/02/pf/mint_leaves_yodlee/

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