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Peter Easthope

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Registered: 2025-10-25

Posts: 2  

Web functionality

Hi,

Until about 2019 my credit union provided a simple Web site not
requiring JavaScript in the customer browser.  Functionality was
entirely adequate.  Then server software advocated by the provincial
association of credit unions was adopted.  JavaScript was required. 
Responsiveness worsened.  Hardware and software upgrades were
motivated.  New vulnerabilities were introduced.  The screen became
cluttered with distracting and unnecessary graphics and verbiage. That
mostly serving to advertise.

So I think of submitting a petition such as this to the Canadian House
of Commons.

Information about petitions here.
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Home/About

Comments?

Thanks,                   ... Peter E.

PETITION TO THE
House of Commons
WHEREAS
Software allowing banking over the Internet is more complex than
necessary
and security is a concern in financial transactions
and fraud against individuals is a recognized problem
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED,
residents of Canada
CALL UPON THE
House of Commons
To
Create a law or require creation of a regulation prohibiting
scripting, such as JavaScript, in Web based personal banking. A script
is software from a remote server which runs on the computer used by an
individual.  This entails unnecessary security vulnerabilities and
risk of fraud.  With capabilities of HTML5, scripting is not
technically necessary.  Removal of scripting is not a trivial change
but is feasible and can be phased on a schedule.  The change will
simplify Web based banking and reduce risk of error and fraud.

Andre4freedom

Member

Registered: 2017-11-15

Posts: 221  

Re: Web functionality

To Peter:
I congratulate you to your initiative.
We have the same phenomenon here in Europe: Banking and most other activities on the Internet using a WEB browser have become worse than painful. Of course, animated functionalities and scripts are to blame. WEB applications are bloated and clumsy to use, and by the extend of it even sometimes dangerous.
I wish you and your communities luck with that petition.

golinux

Administrator

Registered: 2016-11-25

Posts: 3,571  

Re: Web functionality

My solution has been simple. I do no online banking with any financial institution.

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Peter Easthope

Member

Registered: 2025-10-25

Posts: 2  

Re: Web functionality

> ... no online banking ...

Can you imagine a different Web suitable for financial transactions?

The Web is intrinsically too vulnerable?

Thx,                ... P.

Last edited by Peter Easthope (2025-10-26 13:21:53)