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> ...with the advertisers’ favicon, to increase transparency. My mom thinks any URL with a padlock next to it is über secure [0][1] and that she can give her b
by ignoramous 7y ago
> ...with the advertisers’ favicon, to increase transparency.
My mom thinks any URL with a padlock next to it is über secure [0][1] and that she can give her bank details without worry.
[0] https://zeltser.com/padlock-and-favicon-confusion-in-browsers/ https://zeltser.com/padlock-and-favicon-confusion-in-browser...
[1] https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170416-What-do-the-SSL-options-mean-#h_4e0d1a7c-eb71-4204-9e22-9d3ef9ef7fef https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170416-W...
- shawnz 7y agoThis is why Chrome and Firefox changed it to a grey padlock instead of a green one https://blog.chromium.org/2018/05/evolving-chromes-security-indicators.html https://blog.chromium.org/2018/05/evolving-chromes-security-...