Hi All,
I'm in Ontario, Canada. My credit union, Meridian, only supports
Microsoft Windows and Max OS X for online banking.
https://www.meridiancu.ca/About-Meridian/Privacy-and-Security.aspx under
browser requirements.
I doubt they have any legal or regulatory obligation to support Linux -
but it's getting to the point where it's almost a necessity to bank
online, especially with COVID-19. I think the government needs to step
in to regulate online banking terms and conditions.
Any thoughts on legalities?
From the
https://www.meridiancu.ca/About-Meridian/Privacy-and-Security.aspx
especially the section titled Your Online Privacy they describe fairly
vague security procedures that would be difficult to completely follow
even if I installed Windows or MAC OS X. I.e. if there were an issue I
have the feeling the "100% Security Guarantee" wouldn't amount to much.
Also these are not really platform specific requirements and they could
just as well apply to Linux.
They have offered to support me remotely by paper mail and phone (I now
have a cell phone which I doubt is particularly secure) which I will
probably do for now.
Any thoughts on technical issues? How would a financial institution
write platform independent online banking terms and conditions? I cringe
at how much attack surface a browser adds especially with javascript.
Maybe I've spent too much time on the command line, but sending
encrypted files back and forth by email or ftp or internet get/post
seems safer to me.
Has anyone found an institution that officially supports Linux,
particularly in Canada?
thanks,
Greg
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