Japanese Government Requires Java and Internet Explorer 11 X86

Posted by msmash on Friday January 27, 2017 @04:00AM from the how-about-that dept.

Long time reader AmiMoJo writes: Japan has introduced "My Number", a social security number assigned to citizens and used to access government services. Unfortunately, the My Number management web portal requires the Java plug-in. Because this plug-in is deprecated in many browsers, only Internet Explorer 11 (32 bit) and Safari on Mac are supported. The explanation (translated) given for this is that in order to access My Number contactless card readers Java is the only option. Some browsers support IC card access but it seems that it is not mature enough to be viable.

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Re: I guess 2017 won't be the year of Linux by houstonbofh · 2017-01-27 04:50 · Score: 3, Informative

The point may have been but the execution was anything but! Every version on evey platform have changes... Some of these were deal breakers. Most enterprises have different virtual desktops for management of Network devices, storage devices and virtual servers because they all require specific and different (and mutually exclusive) versions of java!