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what happened to the little golden lock that appeared when i was in a secure site

blairstown1
blairstown1
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in previous versions of firefox there was a little golden lock that would appear at the bottom of the browser window then i entered a site where a password was required. this no longer appears.

in previous versions of firefox there was a little golden lock that would appear at the bottom of the browser window then i entered a site where a password was required. this no longer appears.

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It has been changed. Please read this article:

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Site%20Identity%20Button


You can use this add-on to get the classic icon back:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/padlock-icon/

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silkphoenix
silkphoenix
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It has been changed. Please read this article:

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Site%20Identity%20Button


You can use this add-on to get the classic icon back:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/padlock-icon/

Matt Brubeck
Matt Brubeck
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This was changed intentionally, because the lock alone only indicated that your connection is protected against eavesdropping. To truly protect yourself and your online data, you need to make sure that the identity of the web site on the other end of the connection is verified.

blairstown1
blairstown1 Question owner
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thanks to silkphoenix and mbrubeck. i downloaded the suggested add-on. the explanation of the color-coding on the link provided was very helpful to me.