[conspire] bank doesn't like Iceweasel

[Tony Godshall]

I've been running Linux from a rotating number of USB3 mSATA for the
past year or sowith different versions of Debian and Ubuntu, mostly
with Mate but at least one has the rather alien Gnome3, and I run a
recent Firefox on all of them fairly regulary.

I extracted to ~/mystick/bin and my current rev of my script invokes
$HOME/mystick/bin/firefox-45.2.0esr-SSL-i686/firefox/firefox
if it detects $(arch) to be i686.

Had no trouble, so far.
I do git sync all my own script around but my ff script just runs the
latest of the above.

Time to clean up, I guess.  I recommend the extended service release
track unless you like the bleeding edge.

With regards to setting User-Agent:

On Android, I use an add-on called "Phony" that let's you change the
User-Agent pretty easily.

Use cases:

1. Get around sites that disable zooming because you are on Android
(even though my Nexus 10 has a better-than-1080p display) and sites
that nag you to install the Onerous Permissions Android App instead of
letting you use the web interface you want (setting Phony Firefox OS
is a good choice there, it gets you the I-don't-have-an-app-for-that
interface).

2. Get around sites that expect you to have Flash.  Set it to Safari
or iPad.  Apple doesn't have flash, right?

Phony is available in all the Firefox, desktop or mobile, I think.

(while we are here, i might as well mention Self Destructing Cookies,
which lets websites think they set persistent cookies, but you can
control which sites you are willing to persist.  In my case, it's
pretty much just the ones I have been willing to get a login for.)


On Aug 30, 2016 6:01 PM, "Paul Zander" <paulz at ieee.org> wrote:
>
> No, I will have to try the spoof.
>
> Not usually needing to do such work-arounds, I did some searching to figure out how.
>
> First I found these links that says the ice age has come to an end.
> https://lwn.net/Articles/676799/
> https://wiki.debian.org/Iceweasel#Firefox_resumes_distribution_in_Debian
>
> The /packages.debian.org/unstable does list a firefox package.  It is not listed in testing.
> Then I found the following link that there is an iceweasel add on.
> http://www.netdip.com/how-to-make-iceweasel-identify-itself-as-firefox-using-the-user-agent-switcher-extension/
>
> Unless there is further input, I will try that add on later this evening.
>
> BTW, when I went to a different computer, the bank recognized my login, but not my computer.  I had to get a phone call with a pass code.  A bit of a bother, but protection against stolen passwords.
>
> Paul
>
> ________________________________
> From: Deirdre Saoirse Moen <deirdre at deirdre.net>
> To: Conspire List <conspire at linuxmafia.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 5:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [conspire] bank doesn't like Iceweasel
>
> On Aug 30, 2016, at 4:25 PM, Paul Zander <paulz at ieee.org> wrote:
> >
> > For some time, I have been used to bank websites telling me that I should be using Firefox. I just ignore it and proceed with my business.
> >
> > Now I have encountered a bank that will only let me access my account if I use Firefox, Chrome, Safari or IE.
>
> Have you tried spoofing the user agent string? Some only check that, but some check browser capabilities.
>
> Deirdre
>
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