These days we will prompt if a page fails to verify and we allow to proceed. Not giving a visual cue that the page didn't verify (even after the user said it wasa ok to go there) is arguably a security issue.
** Information type changed from Public to Public Security -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to webbrowser-app in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1463059 Title: [browser] Secure connection icon should indicate level of verification Status in Ubuntu UX: Triaged Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: It should show different icons for self-signed/failed to verify, verified standard and verified EV certificates. (copied from https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg13087.html ) E.g. https://bugs.launchpad.net could be a green lock icon instead of the grey one. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ux/+bug/1463059/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
