• m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Except when it’s an Extended Validation certificate, which requires the requester to go through a manual vetting process.

      But apparently for some reason, Firefox doesn’t show the EV label in the URL bar anymore.

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        That’s because EV certs were not only a pretty awful idea in hindsight (A, B), but also because humans aren’t really good at checking the security and trustworthiness of a website (C) in general, which is why browsers have collectively started to stop signalling HTTPS as something to be trusted all together.