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[-] klangcola@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month ago

... You need Windows to use government websites? What kind of dystopian nightmare is this

[-] de_lancre@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Serbia for example have it's gov suit and drivers only for windows. You can't login using your personal identification card on linux, afaik (like, even if you extract encrypted key from plastic card). Can't even scan it to obtain profile pdf. They do have "consentid" app for android tho, that can be used to log in.

Russia also falls in same category, also they don't have plastic cards for identification, only regular passport. Digital key (basically a regular encrypted cert) can be issued thru government department responsible for taxes and again, will only work on windows for login, due to required software. It should be possible to install certificate on linux, but to login on government site you will need to use browser in wine.

Dunno about other countries, only lived in those two. I heard some African countries also have same/similar system, don't remember which one.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago

Not knowing much about Serbian smartcards, but I had done quite a bit with smartcards in Linux before.

Have you seen this project? https://github.com/ubavic/bas-celik ... looks to be cross-platform and do what you're saying. Though you'd probably need pcscd, pcsc-tools, and possibly other similar packages, depending distro.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 weeks ago

wait till you find out companies that operated in South Korea had to support Internet Explorer until 2020

[-] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 weeks ago

Ha! Oh, if you think that’s dumb… There are certain key sections of the IRS website that only function during business hours. Imagine if more sites worked like that. “Dang, it’s after 5PM, gotta do my Amazon order tomorrow.

[-] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago

yeah some government sites, regardless of what browser you're using, think that you're some "1337 Haxors" for using Linux Mint.

I use Qutebrowser on NixOS and sometimes it's...yeah they don't like that.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago

Can't you trick it using a user agent switching? Been a long time since I've fucked with one so I forget it you can change OS on there.

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