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On Tue, 2018-04-17, J  Clarke wrote:
> On 17 Apr 2018 03:12:09 GMT, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>>On 2018-04-16, Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/15/2018 9:33 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 15 Apr 2018 20:25:10 -0500, Charles Richmond
...
>>>>> Yes, but...  even with the tax software, there is still the cost of the
>>>>> computer...
>>>> 
>>>> Use a web site and the library's computer.
>>>> 
>>>> However just about everybody has a computer today for purposes
>>>> unrelated to tax computation.
>>>
>>> Bu tto be *completely* fair...  some cost must be added for the 
>>> computer.  I'm *not* sure who would feel safe... doing your taxes on a 
>>> library computer.
>>
>>The same ones who feel safe uploading their personal data to Facebook...
>
> They're uploading their personal data to the government..  I'm not
> sure why you think doing it on a machine that is operated by the
> government will be less safe than doing it on a machine that they own.

Around here, computers in public libraries are[0] infamous for
being badly-managed Windows machines full of trojans.

/Jorgen

[0] Or were.  Perhaps they have gotten a clue in recent years and
    started to give you a clean virtual machine every time, but I
    wouldn't count on it.

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