On 6/29/2016 12:07 AM, Mark B wrote:
> Chase Bank recently updated their websites, and now they won't allow
> access using SeaMonkey. They say "You need to upgrade your browser to
> access your accounts and statements. Download a new version of your
> favorite browser here:
> Internet Explorer > (download the latest version.)
> Firefox > (download the latest version)
> Chrome > (download the lastest version)
> Safari >"
>
> I have been using SM for years to access Chase. Not about to use
> another browser just to do it their way.
>
> Call Chase Online services (877) 260-2178 and file a complaint. The
> first person you talk to can't do anything, so ask to escalate the
> complaint. I told them it was their problem, and gave them the user
> agent string: (Help/About SM) User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1;
> WOW64; rv:43.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/43.0 SeaMonkey/2.40.
>
> If enough people complain, they might do something about it other than
> say "We don't support SM." To which the reply should be "I don't
> support you."
>
> Mark Berger
>
First of all, I found that enabling "Adertise Firefox compatibility"
does NOT always resolve such problems. That merely changes my user
agent (UA) string to
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:43.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/43.0 SeaMonkey/2.40
which indicates Firefox, the mere presence of SeaMonkey in the UA string
causes the Web site to reject me.
Part of the problem is that banks and the like are required by their
outside auditors and by their government regulators to test the security
of their Web sites for particular user configurations. Any attempt to
access their sites with configurations that were not tested are rejected.
That means that the way I normally browse the Web is unacceptable to
certain financial Web sites. I normally have:
Cookies allowed only for the requested Web site
File cookies.sqlite marked read-only
Popups blocked
Images from other domains blocked
Flash installed but disabled
Secret Agent extension confounding tracking
Because of that, I created a separate SeaMonkey profile that I use only
to access one bank, two credit unions, a mutual fund group, and a credit
card issuer. This profile reverses those settings.
Occasionally, one of those financial institutions updates their servers
and still blocks me because of my UA string. When that happens, I
enable "Advertise Firefox compatibility" in that profile. If that does
not help, I use the PrefBar extension's User Agent menulist to change my
UA string for that one institution. In any case, I also write a postal
letter to the institution's board of directors to repeat "Gecko is
Gecko". After a few weeks, SeaMonkey is accepted without enabling
"Advertise Firefox compatibility".
I think I started using this separate profile at least 8 years ago.
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