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by jlgaddis 3973 days ago
I sort of agree, but to say that they can't do anything besides query if certainly false if they have the credentials that I, myself, use to log in and perform transactions.

It's kinda like when Dropbox said they couldn't access user's files even though they technically could.
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angdis 3973 days ago
The fact that I didn't need to provide answers to security questions for Mint to use means (I think) that Mint has worked out some agreement with the banks which allow "query-only" interactions.

Also, many banks have a way to alert users to logins from new machines and many have things like 2-factor authentication and security questions which would make it hard for a criminal to use my credentials if they were somehow swiped from Mint.

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jlgaddis 3973 days ago
s/query if/query is/

(Too late to edit)

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