Also certificate does not ensure the website is safe, only that you are really talking with the server the URL points to, and not a man-in-the-middle trying to hijack your information (like passwords or payment details).
Nothing stops a malicious site to have a valid https certificate. Sure, more spam-friendly Certification Authorities like Let’s Encrypt might revoke spammy certificate, but that’s not nevesserily always true.
Also it’s no indication that the server itself is secure - if I manage to get access to… say Amazon’s webserver, I could modify it to send all credit card details, usernames, passwords, etc. to me when someone buys something/logs in. The certificate wouldn’t indicate any of that
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Also certificate does not ensure the website is safe, only that you are really talking with the server the URL points to, and not a man-in-the-middle trying to hijack your information (like passwords or payment details).
Nothing stops a malicious site to have a valid https certificate. Sure, more spam-friendly Certification Authorities like Let’s Encrypt might revoke spammy certificate, but that’s not nevesserily always true.
Also it’s no indication that the server itself is secure - if I manage to get access to… say Amazon’s webserver, I could modify it to send all credit card details, usernames, passwords, etc. to me when someone buys something/logs in. The certificate wouldn’t indicate any of that