749865 - Security Center suggests checking your browser for a lock icon that Firefox doesn't have

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(www.mozilla.org :: Pages & Content, defect)

Description

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

1. Go to <http://www.mozilla.org/security/#Tips_for_secure_browsing>.

What you see: "Check for the 'lock' icon on the status bar that shows that you are on a secured web site."

What's wrong: For Firefox that advice is nine major versions out of date. And for much longer than that, other browsers have put the padlock in places that aren't the status bar: for example the address field for Internet Explorer and Chrome, and the title bar for Safari.

Comment 1

[Matthew T (active 1999-2002)]

A similar mistake is made on <http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Glossary>: "When you visit secure sites, Firefox displays a lock icon in the Status Bar". Supposedly that page is "no longer maintained, so its content might be out of date", but the "Article is for: ... Firefox 12" which was released only four days ago, and it wasn't true four days ago either.

Comment 2

[Kohei Yoshino [:kohei]]

The current version of Firefox has a lock icon.

https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/11/03/updated-firefox-security-indicators-2/