I agree it is totally outrageous that you are forced to put your computer and personal financial information security at risk to activate TT. But again IMO with MS and TT this is likely to be intentional as they apparently want to mine everyone's personal information as much as possible for their financial benefit and sales of information to third parties. TT is IMO trying to also push customers to online only versions of their sw for similar reasons.
Windows 10 IMO is bad enough, but IMO Windows 11 is so horrible it is beyond belief with all its invasion of privacy, appropriating users information and more. Unfortunately I have so far spent 50+ hours on my husbands new computer (had no choice but to replace old computer originally running XP and upgraded to Windows 7 Pro which tells you how old it was) trying to install third party sw and block all or at least most of MS invasion of privacy. Unlike TT and MS, those third party sw vendors have been extremely helpful getting the activation and other issues promptly resolved, even in 2 cases having to send us special links so they can manually activate (because of Windows 11 blocking etc--had nothing to do with our antivirus/antispyware/antiransom ware or vpn, all on Windows 11). IMO don't upgrade or change to Windows 11 unless you absolutely have to--unfortunately we had no choice with having to get a new computer.
Glad you got TT working at least.
