From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@ldo@nz.invalid to nz.comp,comp.misc on Tue Jul 16 01:14:35 2024
From Newsgroup: nz.comp
YourCOd think that banks and the tax department would have similarly scrupulous attitudes to online security. But their approach seems to vary quite a bit.
My bank allows me to middle-click a link to open multiple tabs. This way I
can check on multiple accounts, payment setups etc. And of course right-
click to download statements and other documents.
The IRD does not like me opening multiple windows/tabs when IrCOm logged in--it seems to see that as some kind of security violation. Also viewing documents is complicated somewhat because they insist on using popups,
which my browser blocks. So they show a message saying that displaying the popup failed, I need to configure my browser to allow popups, which is a security hole in itself.
Luckily I can usually find a link to download the document for offline viewing.
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