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They used to -- see http://www.kentlaw.edu/faculty/rwarner/classes/legalaspects/digital_signatures/VeriSign%20OnSite%20for%20Secure%20Server%20IDs.htm http://ww
by nandhp 11y ago
They used to -- see http://www.kentlaw.edu/faculty/rwarner/classes/legalaspects/digital_signatures/VeriSign%20OnSite%20for%20Secure%20Server%20IDs.htm http://www.kentlaw.edu/faculty/rwarner/classes/legalaspects/... (§2.4, about half-way down) and http://labs.ft.com/2014/05/do-we-really-need-to-hide-the-url/ http://labs.ft.com/2014/05/do-we-really-need-to-hide-the-url...
But it was removed in later versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer, because everyone turned it off as soon as they made their first search engine query.
- jakub_g 11y agoI remember that, though honestly internet was a bit different 15 years ago - it was in (almost)-pre-HTTPS, pre-public-WiFi, pre-Snowden times. It's time to progress now that the realities and technical capabilities changed. Today there should not be "do not display this anymore" checkbox.