Thursday, November 24, 2022

The Most Sensitive of Data

I probably shouldn't be surprised. Disgusted, yes, but not surprised.

The annual tax season looms large for Americans just after the holidays, and millions will soon turn to the $11 billion third-party filing industry to help make sense of their most recent finances—but a damning new exposé has revealed that some of the most popular tax sites routinely offered customers’ most private financial and personal data to Facebook without their knowledge thanks to a tiny, nearly ubiquitous surveillance code.  link

I've lauded TaxAct on this blog.  I regret that.

1 comment:

  1. Glad TurboTax isn't mentioned. Of course that might only mean they haven't been caught yet.

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