First time poster, long time lurker....

On the Mac, I use Little Snitch to monitor my computer's network connections. My accountant really likes Quicken and more or less insists I use it. When I start the desktop app I see it try to make several connections:

www.gstatic.com aa.online-metrix.net cdn.optimizely.com tags.tiqcdn.com cdn.mxpnl.com connect.facebook.net www.googleadservices.com api.mixpanel.com

Some of these are seemly benign (such as gstate) but others appear to be less so. For example when I google

aa.online-metrix.net

I get:

'''It is listed as a unsafe domain created to hijack web browser, and we identify it as redirect virus. ... Aa.online-metrix.net is a unreliable webpage belonging to redirect virus and potentially unwanted program (PUP) and it brags the capacities to show advertisements on the PC, both for Windows and Mac.'''

Also, I don't have a facebook account nor do I want to have anything to do with facebook. Does anyone know why my finance software is trying to make connections there.

All in all I kinda of wish I didn't know this about Quicken (just kidding) because I need to use it if I want to continue to work with my accountant whom I really like. But now I am really uncomfortable about doing so.

I am curious how bad an idea do people think doing so is. Are there known safe alternatives?

Thanks in advance.