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WhatDoestheGreenIconwiththeWhitePadlockMean?
ThegreeniconwiththewhitepadlockappearswhenChromehasestablishedasecureconnection
tothewebsite.Theomniboxshowstheaddressherestartingwithhttps://toindicatethatthe
connectionusesHypertextTransferProtocolSecure(HTTPS)insteadofregularHypertext
TransferProtocol(HTTP),whichisnotsecure.ChromeusestechnologiescalledSecureSockets
Layer(SSL)andTransportLayerSecurity(TLS)tosecuretheconnectionusingencryption.
Whenyouconnecttoanysitewithwhichyouwillexchangeprivateorsensitiveinformation,itis
besttomakesurethatthepadlockiconappears.Butbecauseoftherecentfurorovergovernment
surveillanceoftheInternet,moreandmorewebsitesareusingencryptionasamatterofcourse,
sodon’tbesurprisedtoseethepadlockiconfor“regular”websites.
Youcantapthepadlockicontodisplayapop-upwindowcontainingdetailsaboutthewebsite’s
identityandthesecurityofyourconnectiontoit.