Store passwords securely without a master password
I'd like to see a feature that takes advantage of the system's built-in password managers (Windows Credential Vault, OS X keychain, Gnome Keyring, ...) to securely store the passwords for online accounts without requiring a master password for the file. Doing so would provide the convenience of not having to enter any passwords to work with the data in the file, eliminating the risk of loss if the password is lost, and speeding the workflow for day-to-day use. By relying on the system to authenticate the user and store the passwords, it also limits the risk and effort Moneydance has to undertake to manage storing passwords securely.
As a former Microsoft Money user, I find the Moneydance experience clumsy in comparison. I now have two new passwords (one for the Moneydance file locally and another for the sync to Dropbox) that I need to remember and manage. Even as Microsoft Money dropped support for online services, I developed my own downloader for importing transactions using Python and the Keyring library for securely managing credentials, so I know it can be done.
I suspect there are many users that would find this (possibly optional) feature a welcome and pleasant addition to the Moneydance featureset. Please let me know if I can provide more clarification on the request.
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1 Posted by belew_getsatisf... on Jan 02, 2016 @ 03:13 PM
+1
2 Posted by David Hanley on Jan 05, 2016 @ 03:46 PM
Hi,
There is currently no way to do this, however I've filed a ticket in our ticketing system with your suggestion, so the developers will be looking into it!
Please let us know if we can be of further assistance!
David Hanley
Infinite Kind Support
3 Posted by jaraco on Mar 01, 2016 @ 01:47 PM
Thanks David.
If the team would be interested in an implementation in Jython, I'd be happy to help work through the steps necessary to make that happen. I acknowledge that approach would be a little awkward, but it does provide a known viable solution that works across platforms.
System closed this discussion on May 31, 2016 @ 01:50 PM.