[tbb-bugs] #8686 [Tor Browser]: padlock or colored url bar for connections to hidden services

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#8686: padlock or colored url bar for connections to hidden services
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 Reporter:  proper                        |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  enhancement                   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                        |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser                   |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-torbutton, tbb-usability  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [comment:4 adrelanos]:
 > Right. Showing TLS is useful. However, it's not an either/or. Both can
 be combined.
 >
 > - http only would look worst.
 > - https better.
 > - .onion even better.
 > - .onion with TLS best.

 Firefox has recently changed the padlock icon to be different colours
 depending on whether the site is using an EV certificate or not, and
 whether there is mixed content (sorry, don't know which ESR).

 We could extend this change when it hits Tor Browser's ESR series.

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