The most vulnerable point in any system is the user. If you were told to
use mozilla-firefox instead of firefox then the only flaw here is in the
bureaucracy.
Firefox is the shorthand name for Mozilla's flagship project. In
Slackware it is packaged as "mozilla-firefox" but nobody refers it that
way. Maybe some pencil pusher at your bank got confused over the change
from Firefox to Firefox Quantum even though it still gets packaged as
mozilla-firefox.
Most likely explanation is that they are in a panic right now over the
recent cybersecurity attacks and are overcompensating.The last couple
years have been a complete shitshow for microsoft so I would not be
surprised if people are making stupid decisions in a vain attempt to
cover their butt-holes.
-Ben
On 3/11/21 12:38 PM, Tomas Kuchta wrote:
While it is not easy:
Change bank, vote with your $$$.
It is not a good idea to demand their or anybody else's service, when they
do not want to serve you. Banks are not government, clearly you are not
important to them.
Just my 2c, -T
On Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 14:13 Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:
Just tried to log on to my bank and they said because of security issues
they no longer allow use of firefox. They offered three alternatives: M$
edge, Chrome, or ... mozilla-firefox.
A) As far as I recall it's always been mozilla-firefox (but they wouldn't
let me long in using it) and
2) What's the security flaw? I've seen nothing on ArsTechnica or
KrebsOnSecury about this.
Any ideas?
Rich
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