The identity button in Edge now offers more information: Microsoft tests a feature that offers more data from each website

Microsoft is working on improve user safety when browsing using Edge and incidentally making websites more transparent. And he is doing it by means of a new feature you are testing on a limited basis in a small number of users.

An improvement that can be seen by clicking on the padlock icon that appears on most web pages. An icon that what it does is make it easier for us to know if the connection to the page is encrypted and, in some cases, offer extra information. Information that increases with the new system that Microsoft tests on Edge.

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This is a limited trial, which means that even if you install the latest version of Edge Canary, it does not mean that you will see it activated. In fact, the first step to activate it is to enter the “flags” menu and mark the function as “enabled” “Edge Underside Pane”.

Once active, you must go to “Setting” and look for the option “Turn on site safety services to get more info about the sites you visit” (Activate the site’s security services to obtain more information about the sites you visit) in the section “Privacy, search and services”. In fact, although I have the button, in my case I do not have it active.

What this option does is increase the amount of information that appears in the pop-up window when we click on the padlock button. In this way you can see shortcuts to the different social networks related to the website or a small entry with information extracted from Wikipedia. This new information keeps popping up alongside the one we already know.

The function of the padlock continues to serve so that we know that the connection is encrypted on that website, that the company or entity behind the website is who it claims to be, the permissions granted, the cookies used and the possible trackers present.

Via | Reddit

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