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> VM with Win 10 just to do the taxes. That's what I've been doing for quite a few years now (WinXP, then Win7) and it works well. Catching up on Windows updat
by gvb 10y ago
> VM with Win 10 just to do the taxes.
That's what I've been doing for quite a few years now (WinXP, then Win7) and it works well. Catching up on Windows updates once a year takes almost as long as doing my taxes. :-O
The other alternative is to do your taxes online, but that is a Really Bad Idea IMHO.
- r00fus 10y agoWhy is doing your taxes online so bad?
- gvb 10y agoAn large amount of very sensitive information from a huge number of people is stored "in the cloud" making it a big target for hackers[1]. In addition, the attack surface of a company providing tax services on the internet is huge compared to a powered down VM on a machine that I know is physically secure and (IMHO) well secured against hackers. [1] In a famous apocryphal story, Willie Sutton was asked by reporter Mitch Ohnstad why he robbed banks. According to Ohnstad, he replied, "Because that's where the money is." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Sutton#Sutton.27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Sutton#Sutton.27s_law
- pmoriarty 10y agoI don't want some company or its employees (or possible people/companies they give/sell/leak information to) to have total knowledge of my finances. Maybe I'm fighting a losing battle, but I still value my privacy.
- gnud 10y agoDon't live in the US, so doing my taxes is no reason to stick with Windows =)