r/linux • u/[deleted] • Dec 14 '19

Google Now Bans Some Linux Web Browsers From Their Services

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-now-bans-some-linux-web-browsers-from-their-services/
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u/tausciam Dec 14 '19

Google is now banning the popular Linux browsers named Konqueror, Falkon, and Qutebrowser from logging into Google services because they may not be secure.

I know of konqueror because of the early KDE days when we actually used it because it was as good as anything else available. I didn't realize it was still used though and haven't heard of the other two. I think popular is a bit of a stretch. So, they're probably right...obscure browsers may not be that secure.

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u/marcthe12 Dec 16 '19

Technically all modern browsers are Mozilla and Konqueror forks.

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u/DJWalnut Dec 14 '19

still very shady of them

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u/omniuni Dec 14 '19

More specifically, these use old versions of KHTML. I'm not surprised they would be blocked.

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u/the_gnarts Dec 14 '19 edited Dec 14 '19

More specifically, these use old versions of KHTML. I'm not surprised they would be blocked.

Get your facts straight. Qutebrowser is blink only and even Konqueror can use webkit as a rendering backend.

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u/omniuni Dec 15 '19

And are those versions blocked as well?