[nmglug] Chase bans Gnu/linux

[Alucard]

Hi Mars,

This add-on might be of interest to you. 
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher-revived/

TBH I like the older version more, but it seems functional.

https://www.privacytools.io/ might also be of interest.

There are ways of dealing with "OS locked" websites.

-- Jared



On 12/18/18 5:36 PM, J. Marsden DeLapp wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:19:27 -0700
> Alucard <alucard at swcp.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mars,
>>
>> Have you tried to use chase.com in a New Private Window (on the pc
>> that isn't working with chase.com)?
> A new private window works but it loads a mobile version of the web
> site. It also says, "We'll be updating the Chase and JPMorgan mobile
> web experience in December and will no longer support this version.
> Please update to the latest web browser and go to Chase.com or
> JPMorgan.com, or download the mobile app"
>
> I tried deleting all cookies associated with chase.com and now I can
> get to the mobile version without a private window. And then I browsed
> to the rewards part of the web site and went back to accounts and it
> switched to a regular (non mobile) web site.
>
> I did not know about having multiple firefox profiles with the same
> user. I will have to check the out someday. In the mean time I got the
> chase web site working for now.
>
> All this discussion about firefox does not change the fact that when I
> told Chase I was running Gnu/Linux they said I had to switch to Windows
> or Mac OS.
>
> If Chase ever calls me to help them with an electrical problem in one
> of their facilities (like the breaker feeding the coffee pot is
> tripping),  I think my response may be that they need to move to a new
> building.
>
> Mars
>