I don't think nly was proposing an ideal universe, just an improvement to the current one. It's not beyond the realm of possibility that browsers might be upda

I don't think nly was proposing an ideal universe, just an improvement to the current one. It's not beyond the realm of possibility that browsers might be updated to support some form of Secure Remote Protocol standard. And to encourage web sites to use it browsers could display a little 'padlock' icon similar to the HTTPS icon.