2023-05-04
Do you remember when browsers started showing the URL bar lock to signal HTTPS? Fun fact: Chrome will remove it, because HTTPS is more or less the default now & the icon shouldn't be associated with the trustworthiness. No HTTPS will still be flagged.💪 https://blog.chromium.org/... https://twitter.com/...
BleepingComputer
Google plans to change Chrome's URL bar lock icon, introduced to signify HTTPS, to a “variant of the tune icon”, because “nearly all phishing sites use HTTPS”
Honestly, it's about time. … Tweets: Brian Jackson / @brianleejackson : Interesting. The HTTPS lock icon 🔒 is being replaced with a tune icon. Coming to a #Chrome near you. I remem...