@rhuval I ordered his new one and hope it arrives in time for the book signing...
If you were unfortunate enough to e-file your US #tax using HR Block, Taxact or Taxslayer, your most sensitive financial information was nonconsenually shared with Facebook, where it was added to the involuntary dossier the company maintains billions of people, including people who don't have Facebook accounts.
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A blockbuster investigation from *The Markup* and *The Verge* reveals that major tax-prep services illegally embedded the Facebook tracking pixel in their sites, configured so that it transmitted as much data as possible to the surveillance giant.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/22/23471842/facebook-hr-block-taxact-taxslayer-info-sharing
In their defense, the companies say that they didn't know that they were sending all this data to Facebook, and that they were using Facebook's #surveillance pixel to "deliver a more personalized customer experience."
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All your most sensitive info being sent to FB if you e-filed with many tax services! https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/22/free-file-now/
@elaine Thank you. Bit of a rough landing but not bad. Just don't have a lot of time right now to make the conversion...
Hey everyone, I've put together a little wiki page that aggregates links on:
• How to Use Mastodon
• Tools for Leaving Twitter
• Lists of People on Twitter by Interest, Recommendation, or Verification
• Data About Mastodon
@rhuval I just ordered several of Tim's 2023 calendars for presents and plan on attending his presentation at Ark Tech in Russellville on Dec 6 with hopes of getting my copy of his latest book signed. Been a fan for many years.
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Penn & Teller are 1 y/o miniature Schnauzers.
Richard, Emergency Medicine Physician, an old ER doc.
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