I downloaded and installed TurboTax 2024. I run a personal firewall called "Little Snitch" on my Mac. When the TurboTax application started up, it requested access to a location where I store my tax data, etc. (a typical thing). I then started getting notifications from my firewall whether to allow or deny access to dozens of website completely unrelated to the purpose of TurboTax. It was if the application was profiling me. Genealogy and DNA websites are not in any way shape or form congruent to the purpose of a tax filing application. My previous tax data is. I denied all requests unrelated to Intuit or TurboTax.
I tried to better glean where this particular set of websites was listed (Safari bookmarks, history, etc.), but it wasn't obvious. Many of the domains were ones I have not visited for a long while and I occasionally clear my history and web cache completely.
I find this invasive to my privacy - something Intuit touts as protecting. If not for my firewall, I'd never know.
What purpose does this hold, besides selling my data?
