EV certificates are no different from normal SSL certs. They offer no extra security. References: [1]: http://security.stackexchange.com/a/15871 http://securit

EV certificates are no different from normal SSL certs. They offer no extra security. References: [1]: http://security.stackexchange.com/a/15871 http://security.stackexchange.com/a/15871 [2]: https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/SOTIROV/BHUSA09-Sotirov-AttackExtSSL-SLIDES.pdf https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-09/SOTIROV/BHU... There is an interesting HN discussion on the topic at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8344238 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8344238