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Of course, but it is a PITA and a small minority does it. Still, my point is the complexity problem he addresses in that example is due to the monolithic nature of the solutions he envisioned.


Mint.com reduces the PITA level by 99% (for me, at least).


The security and privacy trade-off is way too much for me.


Presumably anyone could just go through your trash and get as much information about you as mint.com has.


It would seem to me that forcing said person(s) to relocate geographically to carry out that work would cut down a large percentage of the actual exploits. Not an all or nothing result, but largely beneficial, nonetheless.


Many people are still unaware of this problem, yes. But that doesn't make giving my passwords and all my information to a single small startup right.




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