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since updating to 5.0, I dont see the lock symbol to ensure I'm on a secure sight.

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I have windows xp. Since updating to Firefox 5.0, I don't see the lock symbol when I'm on a secure sight. With the previous version of Firefox, I did. How do I know the sight is secure? Why don't I see the lock symbol?

I have windows xp. Since updating to Firefox 5.0, I don't see the lock symbol when I'm on a secure sight. With the previous version of Firefox, I did. How do I know the sight is secure? Why don't I see the lock symbol?

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cor-el
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In Firefox 4 and later you no longer have the Status bar that showed the padlock in previous Firefox versions.
The padlock only shows that there is a secure connection and doesn't guarantee that you are connected to the right server.
So you might still be connected to the wrong server if you make a typo in the URL and someone has claimed that mistyped URL.
The functionality of the padlock has been replaced by the How do I tell if my connection to a website is secure? on the left end of the location bar.

See also:


You can use this extension to get a padlock on the location bar.