Comments on: Mint Review – How Secure is it?

By: Gul A. Bill

Gul A. Bill — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 05:04:59 +0000

Of course mint is secure.
I think it goes without saying that Oracle dba’s are not that bright and could never re-sync the primary key to user logins… and if that wasn’t enough to convince, they are audited by the Federal Reserve. I can’t think of a more trusted and qualified institution to conduct audits than the Federal Reserve.

By: hoobastanky

hoobastanky — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:55:39 +0000

the problem isnt using your email, its that you have to enter your bank acocunt information. that to me is a bit sketchy.

By: georgiasunflower

georgiasunflower — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:46:41 +0000

I don’t understand how everyone is so freaked about using your email address when you had to use it to even leave this comment.
Obviously anytime you use an online service, Hackers are a concern. So If they are, then you probably don’t use online banking with your bank either because truly hackers are everywhere. If you DO use online banking then it is ridiculous to feel safe with them but not MINT.
When comparing Quicken to MINT my biggest complaint is Quicken is chained to a particular computer. I like to use my Desktop when I am in my Office and my Laptop when I am anywhere else. The only way I can access my information is if the data is stored online. If you only use one computer then Quicken is probably good for you but BACK UP OFTEN!

By: Corey

Corey — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:46:06 +0000

I’ve been using mint.com for a while now, and find it much simpler to use than Money by Microsoft. The site succeeds by keeping complexity to a minimum. I’ve put together a getting started guide for the website. If you’re interested follow my link.

By: matt @ Thrive

matt @ Thrive — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:52:30 +0000

With regard to resetting passwords, it is a tough one: you want it to be easy enough that you will do it, but hard enough that no one will try to hack it. At Thrive (www.justthrive.com), I think we went too far in one direction on our first pass: we currently require that you verify transaction level data, which is hard, since most people use Thrive to monitor their transactions! We’re working on a revision that uses a combination of e-mail and security questions to make it hard, but not too hard.