The lock symbol does not appear when I open a secure page in firefox 4.0. Has this been removed?
Previously, using firefox 3.6.1, when I opened a secure or encrypted page, the lock icon appeared on that page.
When I upgraded to firefox 4.0, the lock icon is no longer appearing when I open a secure page. Please confirm whether this has been removed or in the alternative whether there is a way to determine that the secure or encrypted page is indeed secure to use.
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For single problems like this(missing and moved symbols etc) always try the Search Firefox Help box above for a wealth of information - try "Lock Symbol" . In short it has been dropped but can be restored.
The lock symbol was actually misleading.
Site Identity Button article.
Modified by James
In Firefox 4 you no longer have the Status bar that showed the padlock in previous Firefox versions.
The padlock only shows that there is a secure connection and doesn't guarantee that you are connected to the right server.
So you might still be connected to the wrong server if you make a typo in the URL and someone has claimed that mistyped URL.
The functionality of the padlock has been replaced by the How do I tell if my connection to a website is secure? on the left end of the location bar.
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