Google’s research shows that consumers continue to associate the lock icon with safety. “We redesigned the lock icon in 2016 after our research showed that many users misunderstood what the ...

Google is replacing Chrome's lock icon because it's not an indicator of website safety Users find the icon confusing, not knowing what it really means By Shawn Knight May 3, 2023, 14:39 ...

Google announced that the lock will be replaced by a new “tune” icon with the release of Chrome 117 in September to help users better understand what its actual purpose is.

But now, Google feels the lock icon has outlived its usefulness and could even mislead users into thinking a website is 100% secure. The problem is, anyone can get an SSL certificate for any ...

Chrome's lock symbol will be based on this tune image. Google Chrome. To replace it, the team behind Chrome is working on a version of tune icon (pictured at right) that encourages people to click ...

Microsoft is testing moving the lock icon in the Bing Search results snippets from the left of the URL to the right of the URL. Well, most of the time you don't even see a lock but when Bing is ...