First Internet Bank of Indiana
On 6/15/20 7:53 AM, LM wrote: > On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 12:01 PM > <libreplanet-discuss-requ...@libreplanet.org> wrote: >> I'm in Ontario, Canada. My credit union, Meridian, only supports >> Microsoft Windows and Max OS X for online banking. >> https://www.meridiancu.ca/About-Meridian/Privacy-and-Security.aspx under >> browser requirements. >> >> I doubt they have any legal or regulatory obligation to support Linux - >> but it's getting to the point where it's almost a necessity to bank >> online, especially with COVID-19. I think the government needs to step >> in to regulate online banking terms and conditions. >> >> Any thoughts on legalities? > I find the situation extremely frustrating as well. > > There may be some legal grounds based on impairments and > accessibility. In the US, there are 508E guidelines. Canada may have > something similar in place. However, I believe only government sites > are required to adhere to 508E guidelines. I do remember a legal case > where someone sued a large chain of stores over accessibility (even > though it wasn't a government site) and won. You can check with the > EFF regarding legal matters. > > One plus is that many people are no longer using computers and only > have phones. So, many banks are offering mobile apps in addition to > web access. If a bank offers an Android mobile app, that should make > it easier to access the services on Linux systems. There are several > projects in the works to run Android on Linux including libhybris. > One can also run Android-x86 or other similar Android distributions in > an emulator. Replicant might be another option to look into. Only > issue might be trying to get the app from the Android Play Store if > you don't want Play Store on your system. If you can get the apk > file, you can load it directly. > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
