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   AJL to Maria Sophia   
   Re: What on earth does TurboTax need Win   
   28 Jan 26 18:08:57   
   
   From: noemail@none.com   
      
   On 1/28/26 10:39 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:   
      
   >Intuit isn't part of the government so they do not already have your   
   >private personal financial data unless you choose to give it to them.   
      
   They do. When I sign into my online TurboTax account this year all my   
    personal details (from my past tax forms) will be already be filled in.   
    Love it, saves time...   
      
   >And nobody would do that, which is why the "online" version has huge risk.   
      
   Same risk a Uncle Sam. Or your doctors office. Everything's online these   
    days...   
      
   >Although maybe someone who has used the "online" web version of Intuit's   
   >TurboTax can explain to the rest of us how exactly they secure your data?   
      
   I suspect the TurboTax online version uses the same servers and has the same   
    security as as the store bought version. Then of course I repeat: There's   
    also Uncle Sam's servers with all that personal data...  8-O   
      
   My GUESS is that the biggest security risk is at the user end such as using   
    a discontinued OS. Wait lemme check. Whew, this Chromebook I'm posting with   
    is up to date.   
      
   But to be fair this Chromebook's AUE is up next year and I've only had it   
    for 4 years. I think they give you 10 years now but that's from manufacture   
    and I didn't check when I bought this one. So Maria, it'll become just like   
    your Windows 10 machine. It'll still work but the security???   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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