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                "title": "QuickBooks vs FreshBooks: Which Accounting Software Fits Your Business in 2026?",
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        "scope": "QuickBooks Online (cloud). QuickBooks Desktop is a separate installed product and was not researched except where QBO sources mention it.",
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                "q": "Intuit QuickBooks Online Ecosystem - SOC 2 Type II Report 2024"
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                "q": "Multi-factor authentication can't be turned off, but you'll have verification options based on the info we have on file—like your phone and email."
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                "q": "QuickBooks Online tracks not only financial transactions but all account activities in the audit log. This includes user sign-ins, changes to QuickBooks settings"
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                "v": "128-bit SSL encryption",
                "src": "https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/product-update/quickbooks-online-or-desktop-data-security/",
                "q": "QuickBooks Online also uses 128-bit SSL encryption, which can help protect your data from hackers and other intruders."
            },
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                "summary": "QuickBooks Online needs an internet connection in both the browser and the mobile apps; Intuit points offline users to the separate QuickBooks Desktop product.",
                "src": "https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/other-questions/working-off-line-with-qbo/00/1215330",
                "q": "QuickBooks Online still requires an internet connection to use for both the browser and the mobile versions."
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                "q": "QuickBooks Online mobile app works with iPhone, iPad, and Android phones and tablets."
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                "v": null
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                "v": "QuickBooks Payments supports in-person card payments through the QuickBooks GoPayment app with a Bluetooth QuickBooks Card Reader.",
                "src": "https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-article/process-credit-card-payments/process-payments-gopayment-app/L0XaYTJWZ_US_en_US",
                "q": "Accept cash, checks, and cards with a Bluetooth reader."
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                "text": "QuickBooks Online is browser-based: data can be reached from any computer with a supported browser and an internet connection, with high-speed recommended.",
                "src": "https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/product-update/quickbooks-online-or-desktop-data-security/",
                "q": "You can access your financial data from anywhere, at any time, on any other computer right away with a supported browser and an internet connection (high-speed recommended)."
            },
            {
                "topic": "security",
                "text": "The audit log keeps user sign-ins and changes for two years, which lets owners review what remote staff or outside accountants changed.",
                "src": "https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-article/audit-log/use-audit-log-quickbooks-online/L2WoVnW6I_US_en_US",
                "q": "Events recorded in the audit log are available for two years."
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            {
                "topic": "offline",
                "text": "Not every QuickBooks Online feature is available in the mobile apps or on a mobile browser.",
                "src": "https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/product-update/quickbooks-online-or-desktop-data-security/",
                "q": "Not all features are available on the mobile apps and mobile browser."
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        "https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-article/process-credit-card-payments/process-payments-gopayment-app/L0XaYTJWZ_US_en_US"
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