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I never really noticed that the security status bar can be different colors on secure pages of a Web site. What do the different colors mean?

April 26, 2017bar colors different noticed pages Secure security Status web site

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I never really noticed that the security status bar can be different colors on secure pages of a Web site. What do the different colors mean?

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A. When you visit a Web site with pages that use a secure connection, the color of the security status bar (located right beside the address bar), tells you whether the security certificate is valid, and it displays the level of validation that was performed by the certifying organization.