Bank ID will get rid of Java because of security holes - Dagbladet.no

Bank ID will get rid of Java after all the security holes that have plagued the software from Oracle in recent years.

Bank ID since November working hard to cut the JavaScript from the product, type digi . now.

Security experts have long warned strongly against that web users have installed the Java client in the browser. However, without this it is impossible for most users to log on to online banking.

Owner Bank ID

It is the banks themselves that owns Bank ID, and they have put the company under pressure to come up with an alternative for logging into online banking without JavaScript.

Bank ID will present BankID 2.0, a service with Java at a press conference Thursday. Bank ID will not comment on the case before the press conference.

Internet users in Norway can uninstall Java for good, is not clarified.

– Challenging

BankID said in January that it is “challenging to be dependent on Java.”

– Java is not sacred to us, the company said in a statement, confirming that they looked for other solutions.

– Java has worked a long time, but we see that there are many challenges, both in terms of safety and because Java does not support tablets and smartphones.

(NTB)