Thanks Bill, anxious to see what others say
John
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On Sep 28, 2023, at 1:12 PM, Bill Rising via groups.io <brising@...> wrote:
?Hi all,
In the past, Quicken did just what I wanted: functioned as an accounting program. I've never been interested in having Intuit see what bills I pay or see what I have in my retirement accounts. Starting about 2 years ago, Quicken insisted on calling home to update security prices, so in true paranoid data-gatherer-hatred style, I would turn off my Wifi connection whenever using Quicken.
This worked pretty well until earlier this year. Now it is impossible to add any transactions to so-called investment [1] accounts when offline. I reported this on the community forums and spent 2 long, painful chat sessions with the Quicken help desk until the helpdesk finally said that Quicken has to call home for 'data validity'. Hah.
Anyways, I've tried using /etc/conf to block the calls home, which didn't work (I'm not great with /etc/conf).
I tried Little Snitch, and found what outgoing requests needed to be blocked, those to
qm.quicken.com
investing.quicken.com
So... I can stay online AND keep Intuit from sniffing around.
Anyways, before I plunk down the money for Little Snitch,
has anyone used it and liked it?
has anyone used it and found it caused problems?
does anyone know of a reliable free way to get Intuit to mind its own business (there are some shareware/freeware things which aren't likely as nice as Little Snitch, but I haven't tried them yet).
Thanks for any tips, even if they are of simple accounting programs without the rent and bloat of Quicken.
Cheers,
Bill
[1] Correct term: speculation.
