Been all day trying to find a workaround for this new "security feature" - called Intuit "tech support" twice - 40 minutes on hold, a person who can't speak English and then the call magically dropped.  So what I have learned from this thread is I have to firewall block QB now so I'm not hounded to log in to an Intuit account to use my desktop software.

Inuit - I no longer recommend your software and after this new "feature" I will not only not recommend your products I will avoid them whenever possible.