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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 14 2019, @06:04AM (2 children)
Might want to check for viruses and whatnot on your network. I had a relative claim that they were getting that stuff. Numerous searches came up negative. Turns out that after I plugged it into a TAP for monitoring. Seems the actual router itself was spitting out all sorts of C&C garbage and mostly connecting to Facebook, Google, and something called VK (which I'd never heard of before).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 14 2019, @07:15AM
VK is VKontact a Russian based facebook and google I think.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 14 2019, @01:50PM
Not a virus... just lots of deception/privacy plugins. That's some google advice... "check you systems for viruses"... no you just don't like my vpn and blockers. The rouer is a linux machine.