Personal like or dislike of EV aside for a moment, we can all agree on what the name of EV certs implies. Organisations get their company details in the certificate and CAs have to do some extended validation of that data compared to a normal certificate. Turns out, that doesn't…
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Regular readers will know my view on EV certificates but in the last week there have been 2 very significant announcements from the 2 largest browser vendors in the world. There's a big change coming to a browser UI near you and as big as the change is, my bet…
It's a little late but here it is! The analysis of the Alexa Top 1 Million sites for February of 2019. We have good news, increased numbers, new comparisons and more! The crawlI can't believe this is the 8th report I've done on the Alexa Top 1 Million and the…
It's time! August 2018 represents the 7th time I've published a report of the Alexa Top 1 Million sites so let's get stuck in and see what changes have taken place over the last six months on the biggest sites on the web. Crawler data As always the data from…
I recently announced a new project to publish my crawler data and whilst I was there I decided to see what else I can do with the data. Looking over historic crawls we can see when sites make the switch from EV down to DV/OV. crawler.ninja For more…
I've been playing around with a few of the 'hidden' flags in the Chrome browser and I've come up with a selection of settings that I think really improve the current browsing experience. Here they are if you want to try them out! The Demo Sites For this blog I'm…
For those that read my blog often you may have seen me talk about EV certificates before. From a technical perspective there are many things that I don't agree with about EV certificates and from a non-technical perspective there are many things I don't like about the way they're advertised…
It's that time of year again! I'm really excited to publish the 6th installment of my Alexa Top 1 Million analysis so we can take a look over our progress on securing the web over the last 6 months. Previous Crawls It's hard to believe there are now 5 previous…
We're seeing a huge push towards encryption on the web right now and as a part of that push the topic of certificates comes up with some frequency. EV certificates, or Extended Validation certificates, seem to be quite polarising with either a love them or hate them response. I'm going…
One of the really nice features of my car is the ability to control certain functions remotely from the smartphone or web app. This is especially handy if you want to defrost it on a cold day or cool it down on a hot day, amongst other things. For the…
