Re:Tax prep firms shared ‘extraordinarily sensitive’ data ab...
by taftster on Thursday July 13, 2023 @12:40PM
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Right. Someone at Intuit (or wherever) wanted to know "what pages or functions do people with 1 dependent use the most".
This query seems logical and an easy thing to ask for without realizing the implications. I would bet this type of thing happens with LOTS of sites that collect any sort of personal data.
Obviously for us here, blocking analytic platforms through an adblock tool is a smart thing to do, exactly for this reason. But obviously that doesn't scale to the masses.
This query seems logical and an easy thing to ask for without realizing the implications. I would bet this type of thing happens with LOTS of sites that collect any sort of personal data.
Obviously for us here, blocking analytic platforms through an adblock tool is a smart thing to do, exactly for this reason. But obviously that doesn't scale to the masses.