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Re:Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing by waboremo on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @09:04PM (#35708663)
I'm confused by your point. You are claiming the padlock is mostly useless in today's world, but it's actually even more important in the world of hiding the full URL.
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Re:Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing by kube-system on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @12:27AM (#35709635)
95% of the internet runs https.

Criminals today phish people, use HTTPS, and people have a false sense of security because of those who told them “padlock = good”. The padlock served a purpose to drive http adoption. It does more harm than good today.

Browsers should instead upgrade to https automatically on all connections.

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