On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Tod Hansmann <plug....@todandlorna.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Nicholas Leippe <n...@leippe.com> wrote: > >> What about for an IT audience? Do *you* check for the green bar, or just >> the lock? >> >> >> > I absolutely do not give a damn as long as it's https for the domain it > says it is. I won't give credit info to a company I find irreputable, and > no green bar is going to give me that reputation. I want the security, not > their ability to fill out a form and pay ransom money.
I am the opposite. I absolutely do, give a damn. There is a lot more to an EV cert than filling out a form and paying more money. I understand the extra validation process that has been done on my behalf. It is not required, but it is a bonus to their reputation. In direct human interactions there are a million small ways a company can gain a reputation (permanent sign, nametags, business license on the wall, etc). It's nice to see some easy options for a user to easily tell what level of validation was done for a website. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
