Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Is your tax filing software spyware?
Now taxes really can bug you
reports the San Francisco Chronicle:
reports the San Francisco Chronicle:
...if you're one of the millions who this year have used the electronic services of Intuit's TurboTax or H&R Block, you may not know that a stealthy technology commonly known as Web bugs was used to track your comings and goings on the Internet.
Both Intuit and Block, which offer electronic filing for free through the IRS' Free File program, use hidden Web bugs throughout the tax-preparation process to monitor taxpayers' online behavior.
# posted by herestomwiththeweather @ 4/13/2005 08:09:00 PM 
