[ignoramous]

> ...with the advertisers’ favicon, to increase transparency.

My mom thinks any URL with a padlock next to it is über secure [0][1] and that she can give her bank details without worry.

[0] https://zeltser.com/padlock-and-favicon-confusion-in-browser...

[1] https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170416-W...

[shawnz]

This is why Chrome and Firefox changed it to a grey padlock instead of a green one

https://blog.chromium.org/2018/05/evolving-chromes-security-...