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Extended Validation Certificates are Dead

Link – – www.troyhunt.com

In a new blogpost Troy Hunt explains why you shouldn't bother buying an EV certificate anymore.

That's it - I'm calling it - extended validation certificates are dead. Sure, you can still buy them (and there are companies out there that would just love to sell them to you!), but their usefulness has now descended from "barely there" to "as good as non-existent". This change has come via a combination of factors including increasing use of mobile devices, removal of the EV visual indicator by browser vendors and as of today, removal from Safari on iOS

Read more [www.troyhunt.com]

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