The extreme majority of criminals aren't doing Ocean's 11-style grand plan attacks here (usually, because... they don't work, the cost is high, and there's too

The extreme majority of criminals aren't doing Ocean's 11-style grand plan attacks here (usually, because... they don't work, the cost is high, and there's too many ways they can fail leaving you out of money with nothing to show for it). Removing the EV bar because you're afraid one attacker might find a way to exploit it becomes an incredible gift to the 99.9999% of attackers who have a much, much easier job to do. Like, you need to realize most phishing scammers are perfectly happy to make a bankofamericaaa.glitch.me page, because it's free, and without any good indicators for the legitimate bank to use like EV, really doesn't look that much different to the nontechnical customer than bankofamerica.com.