Did you notice a padlock icon right next to the address when you open a website in the Microsoft Edge browser (Chromium)? It means that the site is secure. It is also called the secure website or HTTPS or HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure. They have become more and more common. This is no longer the question of whether the payment method is secure, but it now means that data from the website on your browser is secure. In this article, we will show how you can know if you have to trust a website on the new Microsoft Edge.
How to tell if you can trust a website on an Edge browser
Just before diving deeply, it's the same from one browser to another. Most browsers now warn of unsafe websites if they do not see SSL Certificate or have problems with it.
The easiest way to find out if you can trust a website on the Microsoft Edge browser is to: look for the padlock icon next to the address. If you see the "Insecure" before the address or padlock in red or has a red line strike This means that it is not secure and you should not believe it at all.
What does it mean to visit a secure site
- All data between you and the website is secure. No third party can intercept and read this data. It is crucial that you create an account on the website or submit a form via the contact page, etc.
- It also means that all the data you see on the the site is authentic. I remember that we used to talk about HTTPS for payment gateways to understand that it is secure and that it is a legitimate site.
- You can click on the lock icon to find out more about the site. For example, when you visit this page and click on the padlock icon, you should see details like
- The connection is secure
- The details of the certificate indicate who owns the certificate when it expires, who checked it, etc.
Green Lock vs Gray Lock
When HTTPS was not standard, browsers featured a secure website with a green lock. This is no longer the case. All sites that have implemented HTTPS now display the gray lock. However, for some websites, you may still notice a green padlock.
When Microsoft Edge or any other browser displays a green lock, it means that Microsoft Edge considers that the website is more likely to be genuine. This is possible thanks to the Extended Validation Certificate (EV). To obtain this certificate, you have to go through a more rigorous identity verification process.
However, this is gradually disappearing and I no longer see websites like PayPal, Microsoft or another with the green lock.
Conclusion
The best way to determine if a website is safe is to identify if it has the lock. If the browser does not display the lock and insteadNot secure " it means that your data or data on the website is not safe and authentic.
When you click Insecure, the browser will display this site is not secure. It also warns you not to enter data on the website if requested. In the absence of certificate, any hacker can attack a man in the middle
Finally, a secure site that you visit often may now be marked as unsecured by the browser. This can happen in two cases. The website has deleted its certificate or the certificate has expired. Maybe someone bought the website and delete everything. In any case, do not entrust the website with your personal data, regardless of their urgency.