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