Google is replacing Chrome's lock icon because it's not an indicator of website safety

The lock icon has been used by web browsers for decades to denote when a site loads over Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, or HTTPS for short. This encrypted type of connection was once the exception but is now the norm. According to Google's data, over 95 percent of pages loaded...

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