It may seem minor, but unless these things are fought, they will slowly creep until anything that's not a corporate-approved computer/OS/browser is effectively quarantined from the internet. It will make adoption of free software even harder.
> For reference, Chase whitelists the user agents that can do online banking.<p>Never underestimate the second order effects of decisions made due to politics and/or internal power struggles between fiefdoms.<p>J.P. Morgan Chase is the poster child of them.
Having worked previously in Chase (JPM side of it), I wouldn't be surprised if this is due to a hardcoded list of user agents somewhere - rather than an intentional blocking of Linux on ARM.
"I bet Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase's CEO) still uses a BlackBerry or flip phone, dial-up, and IE6."<p>If that - I'll bet someone else prints his email for him to read later and types in his dictated responses.