[tor-bugs] #10071 [- Select a component]: Highlight Perfect Forward Secrecry

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#10071: Highlight Perfect Forward Secrecry
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 Reporter:  wombatrunner          |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement           |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:
Component:  - Select a component  |        Version:
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 Perfect Forward Secrecy (see https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08
 /pushing-perfect-forward-secrecy-important-web-privacy-protection)
 provides better protection to users than traditional SSL encryption by
 preventing communications from being decrypted en masse.

 However, very few sites use this. Google might be the only large provider
 at the moment and Facebook may be considering it.

 I suggest that a styling be applied to the HTTPS Everywhere icon, or some
 other indication be provided, to highlight sites that use this. Making
 users aware that there are gradients in HTTPS security and highlighting
 those agencies that are doing it right fits well with the cause of this
 program.

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