What happened to the padlock in the corner of the old Firefox that helped assure me that I was on a secure site along with the https in the url?.

Question

I just downloasded the new Firefox and then went to pay some bills online. Although I see that the URL in the address still has an https at the beginning, I miss the the locked padlock in the corner that helped assure me I was more secure.

Answer 1

The padlock is no longer a part of Firefox; it can give users a false sense that a site is secure by not supplying all of the information about a site. Familiarize yourself with the '''''Site Identity Button''''' in Firefox:
*https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Site+Identity+Button
*http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/05/06/635/
You can install an add-on to show a padlock in the URL/Location/Address bar:
*https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/padlock-icon/
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