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		marcellus23 on April 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to B... > Also this move to hide the full url comes at the reliance of instead looking for a green shield or some type of lock icon in the URL bar to ensure you're on https as safari hides this too. What's the problem with this? > Certainly if you were trying to reduce url confusion, you would add a separate symbol and label! Why? I'm not following what's wrong with Safari's approach. You're stating your conclusions but not your reasoning. > I can click insecure icon on chrome and other browsers to read more about how, but I cannot do so on safari Read more about what?

waboremo on April 26, 2023 [–]

There isn't a problem with the first quote.

In the second, Safari inlines the "not secure" to the URL but not in a visually clear way. It looks like "not secure" is part of the domain.

Read more about what the "not secure" and the padlock actually means.

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