[rcdwealth]

I would not know why would anybody wish to give their accounting information to any online company, distant, unknown.

So people don't do it.

Imagine, your own accountant knows everything about you. Hyr knows your suppliers and your buyers, he has close insight in your business. And you need to be careful with him.

Best is if you can handle your accounting yourself. There is free software for that like https://www.gnucash.org and others. There is also online free software, which you can install on your intranet.

Do not install your accounting online. Internet is not for doing your private business.

And do not give your accounting data to anybody online.

Come back to basics and keep your business private!

[hughjeremy]

rcdwealth, it might sound crazy, but on a personal level I agree with you! Amatino was born out of my own frustrations with existing "cloud accounting" and the implications for my data.

I am a die-hard GnuCash fanatic!

In the end, I came to the conclusion that many people want to store their data online. Whether it is their intimate photos, medical history, or bank statement. Yet some services do not meet this trust with discretion. That angers me, upsets me, and gets me fired up to write good code.

I want to give those people a way to store their financial data that is up to my paranoid privacy standards. Privacy has informed a lot of design decisions in Amatino, often to the detriment of performance or features.

I'm starting to blab on - I'd love to continue this thread though! Privacy is issue #1 for me and I would happily chat about it all day.