[moneydance] moneydance-info Digest, Vol 63, Issue 15

[Sean Reilly]

On Oct 21, 2008, at 3:22 PM, dancingbrook wrote:
> On Oct 21, 2008, at 12:00 PM, moneydance-info-request at moneydance.com
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I'll add another.
>>
>> I don't want my private financial data stored on someone else's
>> server.
>> Data gets lost, stolen, copied, compromised, etc. all the time.
>>
>> I'd rather keep my private data private.
>
> Though I appreciate the concern, frankly I have more faith in Apple
> being able to keep my data private than I do in myself. Never heard on
> anything being stolen off of Apple's servers, but lot's of cases where
> personal computers are compromised. (of course I'm vulnerable to both,
> though I am on a  Mac.)

One factor to consider is how the data gets to and from the off-site  
storage.  If the connection isn't using SSL/TLS or some other type of  
encryption then your information may be flying through the air  
(literally with wi-fi) for anyone to grab.  Using the File->Encryption  
menu to encrypt your Moneydance data file should protect your data in  
those cases, unless you have an easily guessable password.

> Really just looking for advice about feasibility. Does MD care where
> the data is stored? From what I gather, I guess not.

Moneydance doesn't care... as long as it looks like a folder/file to  
Moneydance, it can read and write the data.

If you are using iDisk to store your data file I do recommend turning  
on syncing so that your information can be used while offline.  You  
then have to be doubly-careful about making sure that you don't have  
two different computers overwriting the changes made by each other.

Thanks,
Sean


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