what stage of capitalism is this?
This is a secret hidden level.
MSCHF’s 'Tax Heaven 3000' Is a Dating Simulator That Also Files Your Taxes
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Re: MSCHF’s 'Tax Heaven 3000' Is a Dating Simulator That Also Files Your Taxes
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Their "collab" with nike, was one way (nike wasn't in on it). They had to destroy the shoes they created by order of the courts.
Yeah the more I learned about these guys the more I told them to go fuck off and unsubscribed and removed their app and forgot about their drops. They sell crap. If you've bought any of their crap you would know they sell crap.
Can you elaborate? What did you learn and what crap did you buy?
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Other services efile for you, why would this be any different
Becoming an "Authorized IRS e-file Provider" is a significant hurdle that is not necessary to producing a real, mailable, tax return. It's certainly a convenience, and most serious software would try to include it, but I don't think MSCHF are going for convenience. The Yahoo headline and article uses the word "file" but the video doesn't.
Thank you, you're the only one who's provided a reasonable answer instead of "it's a joke"
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
OTOH, it's not like Big Serious Organizations Run By Grownups have a great track record vis-a-vis data breaches either.
Furthermore, they've actually got a more direct and much more persistent motivation to exploit your personal information for all its worth. In general the conventional narratives on personal security are completely backwards. If some drive by attacker gets your credit card or social security number and uses them to defraud someone else, your rights are well represented by the system and you have plenty of recourse. W…
Wait, I've never heard you cannot reverse the permission you've given some commercial entity to contact you.
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Other services efile for you, why would this be any different
Becoming an "Authorized IRS e-file Provider" is a significant hurdle that is not necessary to producing a real, mailable, tax return. It's certainly a convenience, and most serious software would try to include it, but I don't think MSCHF are going for convenience. The Yahoo headline and article uses the word "file" but the video doesn't.
If they actually got this certified, it would be the ultimate troll!
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Furthermore, they've actually got a more direct and much more persistent motivation to exploit your personal information for all its worth. In general the conventional narratives on personal security are completely backwards. If some drive by attacker gets your credit card or social security number and uses them to defraud someone else, your rights are well represented by the system and you have plenty of recourse. W…
Wait, I've never heard you cannot reverse the permission you've given some commercial entity to contact you.
Sure, I guess technically there are some narrowly-scoped abuses you do have the means to stop, so my "abuse it however they want" bites off too much (like for example they can't legally use your address to show up at your house and murder you either). But for the most part no, you have very little say in what is done with your personal information once other parties have a copy of it.
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#37MSCHF are absolutely brilliant. I've been following them for 5 years and I truly believe they're the best art collective around. This is another word class troll.
A $10 million funded "art collective".
Yeah ...
Re: MSCHF’s 'Tax Heaven 3000' Is a Dating Simulator That Also Files Your Taxes
#38> Hi there! Iris here~ > It’s always been a dream of mine to meet that special someone…and file their tax return. Join me and we’ll search for deductions while searching for love! > But be careful! We’re not alone. Corporate tax filing services like TurboTax are (by dint of extensive lobbying) predatory, parasitic bottlenecks that deliberately complicate the tax filing process in order to make it unnavigable by ordin…
This is a profoundly difficult to read, it hurts me, psychically
It is by far the worst thing I’ve ever seen. It’s also hilarious.
Re: MSCHF’s 'Tax Heaven 3000' Is a Dating Simulator That Also Files Your Taxes
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
OTOH, it's not like Big Serious Organizations Run By Grownups have a great track record vis-a-vis data breaches either.
Furthermore, they've actually got a more direct and much more persistent motivation to exploit your personal information for all its worth. In general the conventional narratives on personal security are completely backwards. If some drive by attacker gets your credit card or social security number and uses them to defraud someone else, your rights are well represented by the system and you have plenty of recourse. W…
Intuit will not use your social security number to bankrupt you. Neither will MSCHF, but I doubt their encryption is that good
Re: MSCHF’s 'Tax Heaven 3000' Is a Dating Simulator That Also Files Your Taxes
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Furthermore, they've actually got a more direct and much more persistent motivation to exploit your personal information for all its worth. In general the conventional narratives on personal security are completely backwards. If some drive by attacker gets your credit card or social security number and uses them to defraud someone else, your rights are well represented by the system and you have plenty of recourse. W…
Intuit will not use your social security number to bankrupt you. Neither will MSCHF, but I doubt their encryption is that good
That's a straw man. And financial surveillance companies certainly do aim to use your personal information to extract as much value from you as possible - selling you crap you don't need today, higher insurance rates tomorrow, and so on.