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Ordinary SSL certificates only require you to have access to domain's DNS records, or to the server where they point to. They only prevent MITM attacks, and you cannot really know who is behind some domain.

With the EV certs, you can be assured that it actually belongs to the company it claims to belong. If I see "PayPal, Inc. (US)" in the address bar, I'm sure I'm accessing the correct server. However, I didn't really know that business names are not unique between different US states, but I assume this is not the case for other countries.

The issue with EV certs is how they are presented in the browser, since they are indistinguishable to the ordinary certs, at least to the majority of the users.

Re:Facebook Container for Firefox on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @01:56AM (#16864992)
If you use a password manager with different passwords for each site it doesn't matter (much). Either they steal your password (usually hashed), or your OAuth information.

The minor difference is that with OAuth they cannot log-in to the site pretending to be you, but if they don't hash the passwords, or use weak method to do it, then it's possible.

Regarding other user data stored in the DB (which is usually more valuable than just the passwords) there is no difference between the login method.