Dick
Mon Oct 11 13:57:47 CDT 2004
And don't take my reply wrong: I, too, shred stuff with account numbers
printed on them and wonder how many places the stuff I don't get spreads to.
So, I support the notion that these numbers should only be used on a Need To
Know basis. My Money Account List is virtually the only place besides all of
the credit reporting agencies computers and everywhere they spread their
data to that these numbers are aggregated.
OTOH, I bet I haven't printed the Account List page ever, and there is no
easy way to do so as it is. If I did print it, I'd guard it and dispose of
it safely.
If your theory is correct and it may well be, I think Microsoft went
overboard interpreting the law. Further, I think it's misleading
pseudo-security aimed to make people think Microsoft cares about this stuff
when really they are trying to encourage you to release all of this to
Yodlee and everybody in between, at a minimum.
"Art McClinton" <art@nova.org> wrote in message
news:qTkad.22313$UA.16103@lakeread08...
> It clearly is opinion only. I tried to answer a question which asked "why
> would they consider doing what they did"
>
> I have been in the computer field for over 40 years and have found that
> many on the new congressional laws by the time that they make it through
> the marketing departments of companies and the programing managers down to
> the programmers have a tendancy to get implemented crazily.
>
> I personally do not like it when I go to my local filling stations and
> have my full name and credit card number printed on the receipt. When I
> then look around and find that most people drop these on the ground.
>
> I do not like to see financial account numbers, on any document. It just
> takes me time to shred it. So I guess I am happy to see that they have
> minimized the number of locations where they list the full account number.
>
> I have no knowledge of why MS Money coded it the way they did.