Post #290 by bighairymike on the Retirement Investing board

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my first criterion for budgeting and investment tracking software is that it be entirely downloadable and entirely usable without any further connection to the Internet. I don't have anything in any third party cloud; that way I have nothing in the wind when (not if) the cloud gets hacked. - Eric

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Exactly, security and peace of mind are reason enough to forego these packages. even with the advertised ease of data collection. I don't care, even if the software is free, there is no way I give it all my passwords. I am the one and only entity that has access to my entire financial universe and my gut tells me to keep it that way.

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