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

[dancingbrook]

Thanks Sean.

Glad you built in encryption.

Are we ever going to see a built in option for online viewing, sharing  
and syncing? For viewing, just a simple ability to see the data would  
suffice for me. I love the idea of the online apps even if they are  
quite limited, and web only (not good).

On Oct 21, 2008, at 3:42 PM, Sean Reilly wrote:

>
> 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