BleepingComputer recently published an article which says:
Google is now banning the popular Linux browsers named Konqueror, Falkon, and Qutebrowser from logging into Google services because they may not be secure.
[...] In tests conducted by BleepingComputer, we can confirm that we were unable to log in with Konqueror or Falkon on multiple machines. When attempting to do so, we were told to try a different browser as Konqueror or Falkon may not be secure.
[...] Even stranger, some users have reported that they could still login with Falkon [1, 2].
This has led people to offer a variety of theories for why this is happening including it being an A/B test being done by Google, related to the version of QtWebEngine installed, or maybe even an account setting such as 2FA being enabled.
Google does have discriminating tastes, does it not?
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Saturday December 14 2019, @11:37PM (2 children)
They are starting to push for apps being downloaded to your desktop. That way, there will always be access...
(Score: 2) by DeVilla on Wednesday December 18 2019, @02:53AM (1 child)
Is that why I kept getting the yellow bar at the top of the google page telling me I need to enable DRM in firefox? I didn't and it went away after a week or so.
Serious question. The browser was telling that google.com needed drm enable for some reason and I could never find out why. IT worked fine without. Why?
(Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Wednesday December 18 2019, @10:48PM
I can't tell you why but I can suggest using the NoScript or uMatrix add-ons (if you are not already doing so) and not allowing the Google scripts to even run unless you need them for some reason.