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Posted by sharx35 on July 8, 2007, 3:09 am
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> sharx35 wrote:
>>
>> Assuming that he doesn't have actual credit card numbers in it, there is
>> NOTHING of interest in 99% of people's financial records. ABSOLUTELY
>> NOTHING.
>
> That's one hell of a big assumption my friend! Quicken allows (or
> requires, depending on your use (ie: online) account numbers, passwords
> (albeit encryiped but I am not sure how strong that is) as well as giving
> you the option on putting in 'extra' data in the account information
> panel, etc. etc. etc.. I for one use Quicken to keep a lot of my
> 'personal' stuff there as an easy place for reference; of course your
> milage may vary.
>
> But it seems from your post you might not have heard about "identify
> theft" or how, in this country (I am guessing you might not be American?)
> that "The FTC estimates that as many as 9 million Americans have their
> identities stolen each year. " ;
>
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/consumers/about-identity-theft.html
>
> An old saying "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're *not* out
> to get you."
>
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> Regards -
>
> - Andrew
>
Andrew, there is a difference between being WARY and being paranoid: I do
use a password for my Quicken, however I don't encrypt as I trust my various
security methods to be adequate.
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