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Someone please give this memo to Citibank which still uses Flash for their virtual credit card number feature! [1] [1] https://www.cardbenefits.citi.com/Produc

by srathi 6y ago

Someone please give this memo to Citibank which still uses Flash for their virtual credit card number feature! [1] [1] https://www.cardbenefits.citi.com/Products/Virtual-Account-Numbers https://www.cardbenefits.citi.com/Products/Virtual-Account-N...

morganvachon 6y ago
Not to mention Trustwave, which requires a Flash plugin to load their PCI compliance interface. The irony is deafening.
- guerrilla 6y ago
  That made me laugh out loud, but it's somewhat on part with that circus.
mehrdadn 6y ago
I dunno, maybe it's better if no one does. I expect they'd just remove the feature instead of rewriting it.
- e40 6y ago
  They'll lose me as a customer if they do. I suspect there are lots of other people in the same boat.
  - mehrdadn 6y ago
    Yeah, I'm not sure they'll care. Bank of America did exactly this. :\ Maybe Citi will feel differently but I wouldn't keep my hopes up.
  - jdofaz 6y ago
    CapitalOne also offers virtual numbers but only from a browser extension called Eno
    - e40 6y ago
      Good to know, but I fled CapOne a year ago because they stopped supporting OFA and broke Moneydance transaction downloading. And, I hate what their website has become since the acquisition of Ing. Ing was great, I wish they never sold to CapOne.
- srathi 6y ago
  Funny part: they provide a binary for offline usage, but it is Windows only. MacOS doesn't exist for them!
  - mehrdadn 6y ago
    Does the binary not use Flash internally?
    - dooglius 6y ago
      It does. Source: I tried to run it under Wine and got directed to a download-flash page.
e40 6y ago
I tweeted at @AskCiti last weekend and their response was underwhelming. I recommend everyone that uses Citi's virtual CC's to do the same. They need to get off their ass and fix this.
Twirrim 6y ago
I ran in to some hassles just last week with some online proxy voting site for some shares I hold. I couldn't see the document they were asking me to vote on because this well known proxy vote site "securely" hosts the content using Flash. Of all the ridiculous things to use. I'd be willing to bet the document was a PDF underneath it. My only option was to request a paper copy of the document so that I could make the right decision which is an utterly absurd waste of ink and paper.

by srathi 6y ago

morganvachon 6y ago

Not to mention Trustwave, which requires a Flash plugin to load their PCI compliance interface. The irony is deafening.

guerrilla 6y ago
That made me laugh out loud, but it's somewhat on part with that circus.

mehrdadn 6y ago

I dunno, maybe it's better if no one does. I expect they'd just remove the feature instead of rewriting it.

e40 6y ago
They'll lose me as a customer if they do. I suspect there are lots of other people in the same boat.
- mehrdadn 6y ago
  Yeah, I'm not sure they'll care. Bank of America did exactly this. :\ Maybe Citi will feel differently but I wouldn't keep my hopes up.
- jdofaz 6y ago
  CapitalOne also offers virtual numbers but only from a browser extension called Eno
  - e40 6y ago
    Good to know, but I fled CapOne a year ago because they stopped supporting OFA and broke Moneydance transaction downloading. And, I hate what their website has become since the acquisition of Ing. Ing was great, I wish they never sold to CapOne.
srathi 6y ago
Funny part: they provide a binary for offline usage, but it is Windows only. MacOS doesn't exist for them!
- mehrdadn 6y ago
  Does the binary not use Flash internally?
  - dooglius 6y ago
    It does. Source: I tried to run it under Wine and got directed to a download-flash page.

e40 6y ago

I tweeted at @AskCiti last weekend and their response was underwhelming. I recommend everyone that uses Citi's virtual CC's to do the same. They need to get off their ass and fix this.

Twirrim 6y ago

I ran in to some hassles just last week with some online proxy voting site for some shares I hold. I couldn't see the document they were asking me to vote on because this well known proxy vote site "securely" hosts the content using Flash. Of all the ridiculous things to use. I'd be willing to bet the document was a PDF underneath it. My only option was to request a paper copy of the document so that I could make the right decision which is an utterly absurd waste of ink and paper.