On Web Application Blunders

April 13, 2008

Author: jart — Originally Posted 837 Days Ago Article Tags « accounting hacking web »

Seriously, I shouldn't have to resort to "cracking" just to access my old tax returns. Web application programmers: Don't try to be too smart, always provide a safe fallback like a link to the PDF. And try not to make that link obscured and hard to find (I'm talking about you SourceForge) and please don't wrap that link inside another link for stat counting or something (I'm talking about you Digium.)

TurboTax PDF Hack

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