webo · HackerTrans

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Plaid has an option to let the client/provider accept plain account + routing numbers, a lot of apps for whatever purpose don't use it.

webo

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routing+account numbers are not that sensitive. that's been API for how we transact money since pre-historic times. plaid gets access to your online account with access personal data, security details, documents, transactions, statements, write-access etc.

webo

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Hijacking this comment to complain about fintech apps / saas providers requiring Plaid - please stop.

For example, Coinbase requires logging in with Plaid to... setup auto-pay for their credit card statements. No way to just provide account/routing numbers the good ole way.

There's lots of issues with Plaid but one big one is that banks (e.g big ones like BofA) can lock your account due to suspicious login with Plaid.

https://x.com/kanateven/status/1973793740331368841

webo

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I was curious if LLMs are good for this problem. ChatGPT-5.1-Thinking one-shotted a correct Python script without any library use (https://pastecode.io/s/jg6ggxpm).

Claude Opus failed to solve after trying for a while.

webo

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>Consumers, meanwhile, split down the middle between cynics who’re certain it’s worthless and true-believers who think it sets the standard for how security should work.

There are many dependencies in the software supply chain that are maintained by a single person (open source or not),so it seems silly to default assume malicious intent for employees of a software vendor with a good reputation.

There are bad actors that no SOC2 control would catch, and there are good actors (the default) where no SOC2 control affect their behavior.

SOC2 is never part of my decision making, rather, I carefully study the company and product offerings to decide if right fit.

(This is coming from someone who goes thru an annual SOC2 audit)

https://xkcd.com/2347/

webo

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webo

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Works fine for me on iOS safari.

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