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Why Internet Explorer Still Dominates South Korea.
New submitter bmurray7 writes "You might think that the country that has the fastest average home internet speeds would be a first adapter of modern browsers. Instead, as the Washington Post reports, a payment processing security standard forces most South Koreans to rely upon Internet Explorer for online shopping. Since the standard uses a unique encryption algorithm, an ActiveX control is required to complete online purchases. As a result, many internet users are in the habit of approving all AtivceX control prompts, potentially exposing them to malware."
AtivceX? Go, Timmay! You're a kickass editor!
It's like a microcosm of what might have happened worldwide had ActiveX been as popular as they'd wanted to be.
Macs and Linux? Those *are* a tiny minority, especially Linux. Your main problem is: the *extremely* common Android doesn't support ActiveX, neither do common iOS devices, the Metro version of IE (Windows is very common too obviously) and the only version of IE for WinRT/Phone/Mobile/CE don't support it as well (although very uncommon). Oh, and not the x64 version of desktop IE. It also doesn't work in very common web browsers like Firefox, Chrome and Safari (anything besides IE). And it won't work on anything that doesn't have a x86 CPU. Relying on ActiveX in 2013 is insane.
I should also add that no Java or ActiveX is required to do online banking in Finland. If you want to see how a nice, clean and secure bank website is created, Finns are not a bad choice to consult.