[tor-bugs] #8686 [TorBrowserButton]: 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:  mikeperry
     Type:  enhancement       |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal            |      Milestone:           
Component:  TorBrowserButton  |        Version:           
 Keywords:                    |         Parent:           
   Points:                    |   Actualpoints:           
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 When connected to https protected websites, there is a nice looking
 padlock, sometimes if the website bought a Extended Validation
 Certificate, there is even a nice looking green bar.

 Most people are not aware, that connections to hidden services are
 encrypted end-to-end [1] by default, thanks to Tor. This is a nice
 security feature and argument for Tor, which has very little public
 awareness.

 Why not have a padlock or colored (black?) url bar for connections to
 hidden services?

 This would also be a good way to teach people, that when they are using
 services like tor2web or onion.to, that hose connections aren't encrypted
 end-to-end, while connections to hidden services using Tor Browser are.

 Credit:
 This is an original idea of mine. It has been discussed on
 [http://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/1bxw2n/how_to_enable_sslhttps_for_onion_domains/
 reddit].

 ,,
 [1] To be pedantic, connections to hidden services are only encrypted end-
 to-end Tor to Tor, not exactly client (browser) to server.

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