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by dividuum 2248 days ago
I never said that. The alternative isn't no lock of course. It's the free lock that's equally safe to the one with the green "this is safe" sticker that you pay a premium for.
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mehrdadn 2248 days ago
You do realize the "lock" in this analogy that you claimed "does not help in any real way" is the EV, not the encryption?
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dividuum 2248 days ago
I'm not going to continue this argument as it seems pointless. There's a reason Chrome and others moved away from prominently showing EV properties:

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/docs/s...

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mehrdadn 2248 days ago
There most certainly was a reason, just not your reason (circumvention). Read the page you linked to. It literally says "users did not notice it", "users do not notice their absence", "users do not react as intended to positive or neutral security UI". It was user-focused. Not attacker-focused.

But I do agree it's pointless to keep continuing this.

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