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by aianus 3895 days ago
> There are very successful businesses (mint.com) built around the concept of sharing extremely sensitive credentials for some reward.

That's because banks are too backwards to support something like OAuth so I don't have to share my whole damn password when I just want mint to have my balance. Hell, in Canada banks are so backwards you can barely send $1,000 online even with the password.