When I go to a site where i will have to type in senistive information why doesn't the security sign appear in the address?
When i was on Yahoo and would go to a site where I would have to type in credit card information the security lock would appear beside the address bar. I haven't seen this now that I switched to Firefox.
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The Padlock is no longer part of Firefox; it was removed beginning in Firefox 4. The padlock shows that there is a secure connection but does not supply additional information. You could have made a typographical error and still have been connected to a secure connection. The padlock was replaced in Firefox 3 with the Site Identity Button. Familiarize yourself with the Site Identity Button at the left end of the Location Bar:
https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/security/identity/ https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Site+Identity+Button http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/05/06/635/
You can install this add-on if you wish:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/padlock-icon/