PayPal bans Linux users with a GPU name containing the string "Apple M1"
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Re: PayPal bans Linux users with a GPU name containing the string "Apple M1"
#2Why?
Re: PayPal bans Linux users with a GPU name containing the string "Apple M1"
#3PayPal is the only semi reliable payment method attached to my credit card that doesn't constantly fail payments on my desktop computer.
Glad to hear that's going to change as well.
Re: PayPal bans Linux users with a GPU name containing the string "Apple M1"
#4Why?
My guess would be they're using some 3rd party library of "fake user agent detection", and this library just has a whitelist of what's "acceptable".
Re: PayPal bans Linux users with a GPU name containing the string "Apple M1"
#5Why?
This is just a guess, but maybe "inconsistent" identifiers are a good signal of being an attack bot instead of a user.
Not defending that btw. Auto-generated signals are likely a problem for any desktop Linux user, not just Asahi, since most bots will run on Linux VPSs.
Re: PayPal bans Linux users with a GPU name containing the string "Apple M1"
#6Probably tripping some client fingerprinting/fraud detection system because it thinks of it as an anomaly mistaking it for a bot or something. Unlikely to be intentional malice against Asahi users.
Re: PayPal bans Linux users with a GPU name containing the string "Apple M1"
#7Probably tripping some client fingerprinting/fraud detection system because it thinks of it as an anomaly mistaking it for a bot or something. Unlikely to be intentional malice against Asahi users.
Yes but shit like this still means that if your hardware is in a minority category you will lose access to services.
For a time I couldn't access a number of website because Linux+Firefox was apparently too rare, with Linux+Chrome at least I could pass a captcha (was Akamai I believe).
Re: PayPal bans Linux users with a GPU name containing the string "Apple M1"
#8I think the real problem is that any website can get a ton of information on your GPU, including vendor, model, supported extensions etc. via WebGL/WebGPU.
Re: PayPal bans Linux users with a GPU name containing the string "Apple M1"
#9Why would anyone use PayPal at the first place? I have only negative experiences with them. Constant blocking, freezing account and then unfreezing it with no explanation why it was frozen in the first place just panacea "fraud detection", chargebacks months after the purchase.
Re: PayPal bans Linux users with a GPU name containing the string "Apple M1"
#10Why would anyone use PayPal at the first place? I have only negative experiences with them. Constant blocking, freezing account and then unfreezing it with no explanation why it was frozen in the first place just panacea "fraud detection", chargebacks months after the purchase.
If you need to split a bill across people from many different countries, there aren’t other options.