XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, misc.taxes   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   AJL wrote:   
   >>> There is but you wouldn't like it. TurboTax online. Should work fine on a   
   >>>  Windows10 browser. I've used it on Chromebooks for years...   
   >   
   >>The workaround I was asking about would have been a registry hack of some   
   >>sort, most likely, that told TurboTax to install anyway,   
   >   
   > I would worry about using hacked software that will have access to my most   
   >  sensitive financial details.   
      
   As far as I'm aware, the TurboTax desktop program only has access to your   
   sensitive financial details on the Windows computer. Not on the cloud.   
      
   >>As you suggested, buying TurboTax Online would technically solve it, but   
   >>you know me well enough that doing anything like that online is anathema.   
   >   
   > I don't see the security difference.   
      
   They're huge the differences.   
    a. In one case, all your sensitive financial data is online   
    b. In the other case (i.e., the desktop software), none of it is online.   
      
   > Your store bought TurboTax also goes   
   >  online.   
      
   Huh? It goes online for two reasons during the installation.   
    A. To validate your key   
    B. To update the algorithms   
      
   > Your financial details travel online not only to TurboTax servers   
   >  but are also relayed online to Uncle Sam. And if you're like me your yearly   
   >  tax statements (income, investments, interest, etc.) come online...   
      
   If you print your tax forms from your desktop to your printer, then they're   
   not online. If you e-file, I'm not sure in what form that they're online.   
      
   Does anyone have better insight into how e-filing is protected online?   
      
   > But being security conscious is wise. I use Chromebooks for my sensitive   
   >  stuff for that reason. Many here will likely disagree but the general   
   >  consensus seems to be that they are safer than Windows. Ask (gasp) Google   
   >  for the details...   
      
   Well, the less a device goes online, the better, which is one reason I was   
   upset when Intuit *required* the privacy-robbing mothership account.   
      
   One by one, Intuit has been following the disgusting lead of Apple.   
      
   >>You can see that I've used the Costco TurboTax desktop version for years   
   >>and never once had to worry about whether it would run on the current   
   >>Windows release.   
   >   
   > Unfortunately things change. Fortunately there's other tax companies to   
   >  choose from. Good luck...   
      
   I already bought H&R Block Deluxe with State desktop. Luckily, Costco will   
   take back the TurboTax even though I've already opened it up to install it.   
      
   I hope Intuit loses half their customer base, but not everyone is as   
   principled as I am when a marketing company tries to screw us secretly.   
      
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