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by karlding 2564 days ago
You mentioned EV certificates, but are those actually still meaningful? Troy Hunt wrote a series of articles [0][1][2] about the perceived value of Extended Validation certificates, and concluded that they were essentially useless.

Does anyone else have additional data for/against EV certs nowadays?

[0] https://www.troyhunt.com/on-the-perceived-value-ev-certs-cas...

[1] https://www.troyhunt.com/extended-validation-certificates-ar...

[2] https://www.troyhunt.com/paypals-beautiful-demonstration-of-...