A state I don’t live in is trying to come after me for back taxes I don’t owe.

What’s better, emailing my old tax returns as plain unencrypted PDFs (per their request, when I pushed back I was told their security team “advises this”), or bringing the papers in myself?

For both options I have little confidence they will dispose of the documents properly. Surely there’s a better way?

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There is a better way but they don't worry about that. Bringing papers in yourself is better to be secure but gov doesn't spend money on many actually secure techs to protect peoples data.

Be careful taking them in person. Remember Jamal Kashoggi.

Sounds like a phishing expedition to me. Be careful out there Satsie 🙏

You’re happy to send them in but need the PGP key from the named recipient who accepts responsibility for the documents privacy, per your 2025 security policy

Does adding password protection to pdfs help at all?