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Are you, and I mean it from the bottom of my heart, the absolutely stupidest person in the world, and have to do taxes? There's now a complete unvetted anime-themed tax preparation software program on Steam that sucks in all your personal information and hopefully doesn't do what you know full well it will do? 33 comments
  @gsuberland @textfiles was I just given a Voight-Kampff test by a trailer trying to goad me into doing my taxes for free with a VN?  @textfiles looks like it’s by MSCHF, the prank-based art collective https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSCHF  @casey @textfiles I am finally connecting the dots of all their projects that I'm aware of and now that I know it's one group behind them all, I'm freaking impressed @textfiles “Planned Release Date: Mar 30, 2023”. They have two weeks to hoover up as much #PII and financial info as possible and then it’s off to the Maldives   @textfiles There’s some site out there where someone’s writing a story titled, “I Did My Taxes Using an Anime Program on Steam and Now My Refund’s on the Dark Web” @textfiles On one hand, it's morally wrong to scam people. On the other, "4chan weebs" and "people who end up using this software" on a Venn diagram is likely to be a near circle. Should we be concerned at all? :) @textfiles don’t be a hater. The anime weirdos got me $6k back above what my CPA could.  @textfiles but like if you give her your SSN you might get to see her in a saucy pose  @textfiles You mean unlike TurboTax because we know that Intuit is all lightness and good and would never subvert our PII for purposes than run counter to our own well being? @textfiles Man even their release date is targeting procrastinators. You better hope this releases with 0 bugs or that "My anime tax filing software wasn't ready" is a valid excuse for an extension! @textfiles Somehow, I doubt this is going to handle the tax mess from my bipolar sister's special needs trust.    @textfiles to be fair, I don't think the makers of "Tax Heaven 3000" have spent millions of dollars lobbying the government to make tax preparation overly complicated, so it's probably still less nefarious than TurboTax et al. @textfiles Obviously what the IRS needs to do is audit the program and add it to the free file list https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile :blobfoxlaugh: I don't actually trust the program at all, I just love that this is a thing that exists @textfiles "Oh, I see. It's MSCHF's April Fools product, from the creators of the ATM that has a hi score table... It just might be legit 😶" https://www.perrotin.com/artists/mschf/1181/atm-leaderboard/68518 @textfiles I think it's more likely that it's the perfect product for many Twitch streamers to doxx themselves. 😆 |
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@textfiles I've never reported a game on Steam before and I am honestly glad that this is my first. Ludicrous.