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by eridius 2501 days ago
But it literally is the selling point. If customers aren't expected to see the green text in the status bar and implicitly trust it, then EV has no value whatsoever. Because 0.00000001% of people will actually click through to see anything past the company name. Hell, I don't even have the slightest clue how to see the corporate filings. When I click through to see chase.com's certificate all I know is it's a company "JPMorgan Chase and Co." in NYC and it was issued by something called "Entrust, Inc."