[lug] Online Banking?

Glenn Ashton gfa at idiom.com
Thu Jul 12 09:05:41 MDT 2007


Well, not to mention that I received just yesterday a "patch-it-now-agram"
regarding Adobe Flash and some security vulnerabilities.

It's just ironic given the conversation....

-Glenn Ashton

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Kevin Fenzi wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:54:14 -0600
> emgrasso at data-raptors.com ("Elyse M. Grasso") wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have a local bank or credit union with online banking
> > that works with Linux? (64 bit Kubuntu, fully up-to-date)
> >
> > I have used Bellco Credit Union for years, and they used to have
> > wonderful online banking, but it appears they no longer want me as a
> > customer.
> >
> > They just changed their login procedure to one that requires Flash.
> > (Which I consider pretty tacky in and of itself).
>
> Yeah, I am a bellco customer too. Flash is very anoying. ;(
> >
> > I've got Flash working in both Firefox and Konqueror (32bit plugins
> > with 64 bit executables) but the login process is not working.
>
> Odd. I just tried it here and it worked for me.
>
> > They have also changed their website and support structure so that if
> > you are not logged in there is really no way to let them know about
> > problems online. They have no contact email addresses any more.
> >
> > Bozos.
>
> Yeah, not sure what makes them think that flash is going to be more
> secure, or setting things up so you can't complain would help.
>
> Anyhow, it's still working for me, so I guess I will stick with them a
> bit longer... we should both complain tho. :)
>
> kevin
>




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