[Gllug] Online banking

[Jonathan Dye]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Cheetham [mailto:jim.gllug at gonzul.net]
> Sent: 16 May 2002 17:29
> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] Online banking
>
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 05:16:38PM +0100, Jonathan Dye wrote:
> > I wrote them a nice letter asking why they wouldn't let me use Opera or
> > Mozilla with their online banking (they checked for them using
> > javascript and denied them explicitly).
> But what happens if you use file/quick prefs/identify as msie5 ?  That's
> my saviour for sites that think checking capabilities is the same as
> checking browser ID strings ... just change your ID string ...
>
> Actually, that may not have been in Opera5 ... But Opera6 is now out for
> linux ... http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2002/05/20020515.html

Tried that (in Opera 6 on Windows) and it didn't work.  As I said, they
checked using some javascript stuff rather than checked the browser ID sent
with the requests.  I was disappointed to find this out.

> > bank.  I've since decided to leave my account open and to take out the
> > maximum 700gbp graduate (intrest free) overdraft and put it into my
> > savings :-)
>
> :-) Now _that's_ the right way to treat them. Never close an account,
> just empty it.  I was surprised to discover that my wife's bank in NZ
> decided to close her account because no transactions had gone through it
> in 6 months.  Luckily we didn't try transferring any money into it before
> finding out!
>
> -jim

JD

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