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Browser exploit? What? On software that runs completely locally - without a browser, then only connects over SSL to a single government-run server? How exactly do you propose that would work?

Do you mean to suggest that malware unrelated entirely to the tax software has an impact on its security? I mean... you'd have the whole host machine compromised - no need to "exploit" the tax software at all, you can get that and a lot more than just taxes off there - but it's still hard to do in true bulk. Much worse than a simple database dump and would only affect people who browsed to your site during the time of the exploit. Much more limited than anyone who used a given service.

Additionally, full browser exploits these days are very rare and extremely valuable though. I doubt you'd see one wasted on such a purpose - at least, one that still works if you keep reasonably up to date.



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