This may be only a temporary solution. Once QB realizes this they may try to implement a timed interval check so that although circumventing the message initially the message may appear after a few minutes as they check again but at that point unless they give the option to close the pop up and proceed onward without interruption then I think that would be going too far. Also they own the program rights but who has exclusive data rights after all it is the user who inputs the confidential data so they should have some decision as to when and what instance they wish QB to have access to this data (for example troubleshooting corrupted database problems and the like) QB might argue that since the data is stored in a proprietary format which of their development they have right to access it. r they might claim even truthfully that they are not able to obtain this data. Who knows its probably buried somewhere in a 50, 500 or 5000 page software licensing agreement written by the architects of the affordable health care act. Still, if I'm hired to shovel bull crap and the person that hires me to the job gives me a shovel they own - I still expect to be paid for my labor without additional bull crap even though I used their shovel. Of course this could and would be argued by those who enjoy such things so that the ethical, moral and right legal decision would become so obfuscated that we would be convinced that every orator and debater concerned was given one of the proposed free pipes talked about on the news!
