FWIW, Safecast isn't trying to broadcast anything through my firewall. Sadly, all software is going the "activation" route per Microsoft's lead -- it won't be possible to avoid this for long. When I upgraded computers, Intuit was very helpful in giving me a new activation key so I could reinstall it.

My experiences with TaxCut were so poor and the documents created so inaccurate in the past that I won't buy it again. In the past few years, though, Intuits products have really gotten sad. I upgraded from Quicken 2000 to 2003, only to discover 2003 had fewer features and they STILL hadn't updated the online banking link to Bank of America, despite the link being over 2 years old. The interface is more difficult to use and the online features are so integrated with their web marketing they are useless. Pathetic, really. I wish there were a decent competitor -- MS Money is every bit as bad with the tracking and monitoring, and Peachtree has always been the dog of the lot.

Anyone got any better programs they're using?h