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Is Capitol One Offering Different Loans Based for your Browser? [Browsers]

Is Capitol One Offering Different Loans Based for your Browser? [Browsers] A fellow named Devin was trying to grab a car loan from Capitol One to pay off his new ride. Normal stuff. Not normal? The bank’s website apparently offering different interest rates based on which browser he used. Algorithm discrimination!

Devin found that after using Firefox, he was offered a 3.5% rate. But when using Chrome, the speed dropped right down to 2.3%! No explanation. Using Safari, the speed was 2.7%, and was 3.1% with Opera. What the hell? Devin installed fresh copies of each browser to verify errant settings weren’t in charge, and received an identical results. Browser fanboys and fangirls of the area-feast upon this. [ The Consumerist ]

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