And it did not matter if you are on FB or not. It still was sent due to the FB Pixel.
These large companies should know American attorneys are avaricious.
Sounds like illegal disclosure of tax info. That is a criminal matter. Maybe if the IRS was less involved in chasing organizations like the tea party they would look into this.
So it comes in scrambled and goes out scrambled? and the payers for that data find value in scrambled data? C'mon Cesar Cadenas, did you just walk across the border and your ears are still wet, or are you really that stupid?
This is intentional. Software doesn’t just decide to do something it wasn’t programmed to do. People must go to jail for this. But won’t.
I use TaxAct but for some reason I could never get it to e-file my returns. I use the desktop versions not the online versions. Maybe I have a good firewall, or a crappy computer. Doesn’t mean that the silicon scum didn’t get the data though.
All of these programs have end user agreements. Maybe buried deep in the agreement there’s something like this: User agrees to let company send user data to third parties.
That wouldn’t make it morally right, of course. But it might provide enough legal cover for the companies.
JavaScript. Again.
Be nice if real a congress would pass a privacy act where no personal information could be used without the written consent of the individual not the individual requesting every damn company, organization etc not using it and then using it anyway.
EBH -
Where did you find the list names of the software titles that are involved with this? I didn’t see any in the article (but I may have missed them).
Are there any software titles (such as TurboTax or JacksonHewitt) that are definitely not involved with this?
Tax filing software caught
SUV ran over people
My ‘Tax Filing Software’ is an Excel spreadsheet, which does the calculations, and paper printouts of tax forms, which I then fill in.
Obviously the spreadsheet us meaningless to some other computer trying to understand it, so none of those clowns get my information.
The paper forms also mean that my Social Security Number is never entered on to anyone’s software program, but instead is hand-written by me, and only on the final form that I send in (in fact, I write-in the SSN only AFTER making my personal copies, since I have my SSN memorized).
Privacy laws in the U.S. are weak compared with Europe.
According to the nested Markup article this affects online filings through a website. I did not see them mention an issue for standalone installed products.
This should be an interesting class action lawsuit, as well as a prosecution for literally millions of counts of illegally releasing confidential information (though, of course, Garland is too busy raising parents upset with their kids’ school board and former Presidents to do anything about this. But lawyers seeking billions from FascistBook and Google…that’s going to happen.
Bet this mirroring script rides in on “social media login features”. These are the most dangerous tracking and data mining features out there. If you do not have “NoScript” to block them you are vulnerable. If they have social media log in incorporated don’t use the site of you don’t have a blocker that tells you they are blocked for sure.
Unintended my Aunt Fanny.
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And that’s why I have an excellent CPA that works my tax return every year. Simple straightforward 1040 every time, no itemization or the like, no worries. Spellcheck wanted to insert “woodworking” instead of “worries” so that’s the first laugh of the morning. But I love woodworking so?
“tax filing services has led to unintended data collection on Meta’s part.”
Unintended my a$$. These people actually think we are that stupid as to believe them.