Why not to whitelist operating system user agents

Re:Why not to whitelist operating system user agents by kafkaIncarnate on Monday November 15, 2021 @02:35AM (#29224801)

I can confirm this is 100% false. Been using Linux to login to Chase for years, never had any problems (other than weird ad-blocker issues which are cross-platform). Just tested again just to confirm that I can log in just fine.

No User-Agent switcher required.

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Re:Why not to whitelist operating system user agents by alias_neo on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:25AM (#29225433)

Small nit-pick, but OP isn't running Linux, they're running FreeBSD.

They too mention Linux so it's possible they aren't aware of the difference.

It's possible "Linux" is allowed, but not *nix/Unix?

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Re:Why not to whitelist operating system user agents by swills on Monday November 15, 2021 @09:36AM (#29227868)

Quite likely.

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Re:Why not to whitelist operating system user agents by malfist on Monday November 15, 2021 @09:36AM (#29227870)

Take a look at their evidence that chase "openly admits to hating linux and freebsd". It's a reddit post with 3 votes about a CS response saying not supporting linux doesn't constitute an ADA violation.

Everything in this article and it's supporting evidence is a stretch and should be evaluated very carefully.

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Re:Why not to whitelist operating system user agents by hericium on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:44AM (#29225560)

May be OS with small userbase and less popular browser combo.

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Re:Why not to whitelist operating system user agents by swills on Monday November 15, 2021 @09:36AM (#29227865)

I have seen the same thing, the article is correct.

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