And the advice will become "make sure the browser bar is not yellow", and everything will be safe by default, and everyone will be happy.
"EV certs are going to be the only ones that get the 'green' chrome in browsers anymore."
Are there any facts to back up this claim?
Edit: This is what HN looks like in Firefox 38.0.5: http://img4.imagetitan.com/img4/RsbN6Rsn61k2IMN/12/12_l.png
Sure, the background color is white, but there's still a padlock icon.
Re:Let's Encrypt is Trusted
by jaytagdamian on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @07:24AM
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I don’t know what happened there. Try https://i.imgur.com/cY0Kx6x.png
> So thus beings the transition. EV certs are going to be the only ones that get the "green" chrome in browsers anymore. Sites using standard SSL are going to get the normal no-lock/white treatment. And sites without SSL will get the caution symbol/yellow treatment.
I don't like it, but I suspect this is where we're heading.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3pg37u/lets_encrypt_...