TurboTax "knows" your secrets!

From: "Andrew"

So? The IRS keeps all that info also and it's probably a lot less secure than Intuit's servers based on recent news articles,

Rule: if it's on your computer and you have an internet connection, it's available to anyone who wants to dig for it.

Right now this thread is probably entertaining a group of teenage hackers in China who, if you run any tax software, are probably snickering at your income level and the idea that you thought you had any privacy.

My 'rule' is it doesn't matter if it is on your computer. It's already there.

My 'corollary' is 'There is no such thing as financial security'. You just have to live with it the best you can. And if you do get hacked, try your best to have lived within the rules of the game so you can legally get your monies and good name back. But even if you played at

Andrew wrote in news:aX5yw.1286727$ snipped-for-privacy@fx18.iad:

Never e-filed. Never will.

scott s. .

From: "scott s."

Ditto

"Never e-filed" or "Never used TurboTax"?

If the latter, perhaps you missed the last half of the 2nd paragraph "...even for customers using the desktop version..."

That would include anyone who installed TT, connected to the internet for last minute updates just before they did a final print of their return, then mailed the forms via USPS (or various updates along the way).

Bottom line, if you installed TT, you have an internet connection, and you used it for your return, gotcha.

From: "Bartt"

Never e-Filed.

At least, not yet. I presume your accountant did not either (ie: you use T/T to print out and mail the forms), and you printed the forms.

The fact of the matter is that (a) you most likely will not have a choice in the near (?) future , and (B) the IRS most likely is using internal systems to transfer all your data to their master systems in West Virginia, and ergo, your data is already in the cloud. In the old days, they shipped physical tapes from the local service centers, but I doubt that is still being done. Let's hope they use enough encryption and security in their processes today doing electronic transactions!

You think your private info is safe traveling in a manila envelope addressed to the IRS?

Andrew wrote in news:aX5yw.1286727$ snipped-for-privacy@fx18.iad:

Never e-filed. Never will.

scott s. .

Or even after they get it.

From: "Andrew"

Accountant ?

Never used one.