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frater mus<a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/ftc-sues-handr-block-over-deceptive-free-online-filing-ads/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/ftc-sues-handr-block-over-deceptive-free-online-filing-ads/</a>Now do <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/taxslayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxslayer</a> 1. lobby like crazy to make sure the IRS doesn't have a free filing tool, promising to give people free filing tools 2. make it as hard as possible to actually access the free filing toolsIt's time to for the IRS to do "postcard" style returns. The existing setup is incredibly stupid.

frater mus" Don’t forget to tell your friends how easy it was to slay your taxes with <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/taxslayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxslayer</a>"What a fscking beatdown. Took about 1.5 hours of hoopjumping to actually get free filing. Despite taxslayer's best efforts, I found <a href="https://freefile.taxslayer.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://freefile.taxslayer.com/</a> and played with it over and over until I got it to show American Pledge (the free version)..Even then before filing it told me I owed them ~$23. Hit BACK and continued again and finally got a $0 return.It's perhaps not an accident that <a href="https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile</a> does not have a "Report Tax Preparer douchebaggery" button.

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬How tech companies got access to our <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tax</a> data. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TaxAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxAct</a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TaxSlayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxSlayer</a>, and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HRblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HRblock</a>. It found that the sites were sending data to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> through <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MetaPixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MetaPixel</a>, a commonly used piece of computer code often embedded in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/websites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#websites</a> to track users <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/17/1076365/how-tech-companies-access-tax-data/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/17/1076365/how-tech-companies-access-tax-data/</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tax</a> prep companies (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TaxSlayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxSlayer</a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HRBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HRBlock</a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TaxAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxAct</a>) shared private <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/taxpayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxpayer</a> data with <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Google</a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> for years, congressional probe finds | CNN Business <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/tech/tax-prep-companies-taxpayer-data-google-meta" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/tech/tax-prep-companies-taxpayer-data-google-meta</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taxes</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USTaxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USTaxes</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ElizabethWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElizabethWarren</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SenWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SenWarren</a>

joe•iuculano :mastodon:A group o <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democratic</a> senators wants <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> 2 investigate several <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tax</a> prep cos. after an investigation lawmakers launched concluded the companies shared reams o taxpayers’ personal & financial information w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a>.Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) & others accuse <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HRblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HRblock</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxSlayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxSlayer</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxAct</a> of having embedded code in their Web sites known as “pixels” that allowed their users’ sensitive tax data 2 be shared w/ Meta & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Google</a>.<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/12/senate-dems-say-massive-taxpayer-privacy-breach-needs-doj-probe-00105853" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/12/senate-dems-say-massive-taxpayer-privacy-breach-needs-doj-probe-00105853</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®There’s so many things someone could write an essay about on the linguistic and sociological frame of the neologism / brand <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TaxSlayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxSlayer</a>.

RedhotcyberMeta ruba i dati personali dei suoi clienti anche se non fai parte del social mediaLe popolari <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/piattaforme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#piattaforme</a> di dichiarazione dei redditi online <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/TaxAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxAct</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/TaxSlayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxSlayer</a> e H&R Block hanno inviato <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/informazioni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#informazioni</a> finanziarie sensibili a Meta utilizzando un pixel di tracciamento.I <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/ricercatori" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ricercatori</a> di <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/TheVerge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheVerge</a> hanno scoperto che un pixel di tracciamento sui siti Web delle organizzazioni violava l’informativa sulla <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a>. Facebook può utilizzare le <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/informazioni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#informazioni</a> dei siti Web fiscali per personalizzare i propri algoritmi pubblicitari, anche se il cliente non dispone di un account Facebook.<a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/redhotcyber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#redhotcyber</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/informationsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#informationsecurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/ethicalhacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethicalhacking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dataprotection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hacking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybercrime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/cybersecurityawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecurityawareness</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/cybersecuritytraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecuritytraining</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/cybersecuritynews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecuritynews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/infosecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infosecurity</a><a href="https://lnkd.in/dwF5KbvV" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lnkd.in/dwF5KbvV</a>

MufasaThe biggest online e-filing services—namely H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer—have been sharing sensitive user financial information with Meta, according to a new report.<a href="https://betweenthelions.link/tags/Taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taxes</a> <a href="https://betweenthelions.link/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://betweenthelions.link/tags/HandRBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandRBlock</a> <a href="https://betweenthelions.link/tags/TaxAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxAct</a> <a href="https://betweenthelions.link/tags/TaxSlayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxSlayer</a> <a href="https://betweenthelions.link/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://betweenthelions.link/tags/InformationSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InformationSharing</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/major-tax-filing-websites-secretly-share-income-data-with-meta/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/major-tax-filing-websites-secretly-share-income-data-with-meta/</a>

Mufasa :sdf:The biggest online e-filing services—namely H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer—have been sharing sensitive user financial information with Meta, according to a new report.<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taxes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HandRBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandRBlock</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TaxAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxAct</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TaxSlayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxSlayer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/InformationSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InformationSharing</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/major-tax-filing-websites-secretly-share-income-data-with-meta/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/11/major-tax-filing-websites-secretly-share-income-data-with-meta/</a>

Attorney :verified: :pokeball: :promoted:Tax Filing Websites Have Been Sending User’s Financial Data to Facebook“Major <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tax</a> filing services such as <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/H" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#H</a>&RBlock , <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TaxAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxAct</a> , and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TaxSlayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxSlayer</a> have been quietly transmitting sensitive <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#financial</a> information to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> when Americans file their taxes online…The <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a>, sent through widely used code called the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MetaPixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MetaPixel</a> , includes not only information like names and email addresses but often even more detailed <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#information</a> , including data on users’ <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#income</a> , filing status, refund amounts, and dependents’ college scholarship amounts.”<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/22/23471842/facebook-hr-block-taxact-taxslayer-info-sharing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/22/23471842/facebook-hr-block-taxact-taxslayer-info-sharing</a>

DinkyShop :fediverse:From Cory D on bird app: More reasons not to trust <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facebook</a> w/ your data. These <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tax</a> Prep cos need to be held accountable… or just don’t use them.Certain tax <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> apps are giving your data over to FB and tracking you. <a href="https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1595100712706445313?s=46&t=Nqz7THAfr2Qvpi4rENbODg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1595100712706445313?s=46&t=Nqz7THAfr2Qvpi4rENbODg</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HRBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HRBlock</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TaxAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxAct</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TaxSlayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxSlayer</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PrivacyBreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivacyBreach</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeleteFacebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeleteFacebook</a>

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