I recently got a letter from Wells Fargo offering me six months of their Wells Fargo vSafe Base Plan for free. Basically from reading the sales pitch, it sounds like I get to upload 1GB of files to their “secure” system, where I can access it anywhere.
When I first received it, my instant reaction was “say what?” How does this relate to banking?
Okay. I can see how this is sort of the same thing as a safety deposit box, but being an IT person by training, this doesn’t make sense at all.
Why are the normal online storage options not as safe?
Upon reading further, I find some features of the vSafe worthwhile:
- Advanced Access – As an additional security measure, the system will text you a code to your phone where you will need to enter along with your password. No phone, no access.
- Convenience – If Wells Fargo documents (like your account statement etc) are important to you, then you can have them automatically sent to the account. While I don’t see why you can’t just go to your online account to access the same information, I guess this is an added convenience.
That seems to be it from your normal online storage options. There is a six month free trial though so maybe I shouldn’t complain about anything that’s being offered free. What I don’t get in this day and age of “free everything online” is why I should be charged to store files online.
Maybe I’m just spoiled by Google. As a side note, I haven’t even want to check how much this service from Wells Fargo is because anything more than $0 is probably too expensive for my taste.
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