Tax Program Develops An Insulting Approach - TurboTax installs Spyware

The Wall Street Journal ^ | Thursday, January 30, 2003 | WALTER S. MOSSBERG

[TroutStalker]

Morning bump.

[jpl]

Why in the world would I want to put my own sensitive financial data, however insignificant it may be, on the internet. At least at home, it is relatively secure behind hardware and software firewalls.

Good point. I have a feeling though that what these guys are doing is a trend that is only likely to increase over time. I fear that eventually it's going to be necessary for me to run two separate computer systems at home: one system to store data and do all the important software work that never gets connected to the internet, and another system that does absolutely nothing but connect to the web for surfing and the occasional download.