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>if the green padlock is to mean anything at all. The padlock doesn't mean anything at all and never has. It's snake oil from an era when e-commerce wasn't tru
by anon1385 10y ago
>if the green padlock is to mean anything at all.
The padlock doesn't mean anything at all and never has. It's snake oil from an era when e-commerce wasn't trusted by the general public. It only ever existed to encourage/trick technologically illiterate people into handing over their credit card details to websites when the pervasive public opinion was that entering your CC number into a website was dangerous. It was very successful in achieving that aim.
In 2016 it has no purpose and browsers should remove it.
- icebraining 10y agoIt means "the most vulnerable part of the connection - the last-mile - is probably secure". That's still useful information.
- lugg 10y agoThat's what it means to you. It does not mean that to the vast majority of people. I can have a red line through mine and be just as secure as you with a green padlock. This is what the ap is speaking of when he mentions snake oil. You had to pay money to have people believe you are safe. Now of course you don't, but what does that really get you? I'm not going to bag on the people behind let's encrypt (they've done an amazing job getting a lot of people on board to a worthy cause), but really the only reason they exist is because browser developers decided to add a green lock in the first place.
- icebraining 10y agoI can have a red line through mine and be just as secure as you with a green padlock. I don't agree with that. Security is a matter of cost to the attacker. A green padlock adds a significant cost compared to a red line.