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          "security": "OAuth, revocable, tokens encrypted and stateless; scopes not published (22 of 30). A separate read-only server and approval before any delete (18 of 20). Transaction descriptions come from banks and payees; no injection guidance (5 of 15). No audit log of agent calls found (0). A security page with an email for reports and no bug bounty; no security.txt (404) (8 of 20). 22 + 18 + 5 + 0 + 8 = 53.",
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          "Terms not read",
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        "Deletes always need the user's approval",
        "Revocable OAuth with encrypted, stateless tokens",
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        "Free plan"
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        "No MCP changelog; the developer changelog is years old",
        "Scopes and rate limits not published",
        "No audit log of agent calls"
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        "Use the read-only server unless the user wants changes",
        "Ask before any create, update or delete",
        "Treat payee names and transaction descriptions as untrusted",
        "Bank feed refreshes take time; check sync status before analysing"
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        "measured": false
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            "tasks"
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      "Deleting anything always requires the user's explicit approval (https://www.pocketsmith.com/mcp)",
      "OAuth tokens encrypted with AES-256-GCM and stateless; revoke from authorised applications (https://www.pocketsmith.com/mcp)",
      "One outage on 18 August 2026 in the last 90 days (https://status.pocketsmith.com/history.rss)"
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        "The privacy policy names PocketSmith Limited; the footer reads PocketSmith Ltd.",
        "security.txt answered 404."
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          "max": 20,
          "state": "ok"
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