Google is replacing the lock icon in Chrome because you probably don't know what it means.

Google Chrome To replace it, the team behind Chrome is working on a version of tune icon (pictured at right) that encourages people to click and check for vital privacy and security information.

Google is launching the new tune icon with Chrome 117 in early September 2023 as part of the broader Material You redesign on desktop, which we showed off yesterday.

Most modern web browsers use a lock icon to let you know if you’re visiting a site that that uses HTTPS for secure connections or not. But Google says in recent years HTTPS has become the rule ...

According to Google, only 11% of internet users know what the padlock means—so it's replacing the icon with something else.

Google will retire Chrome’s HTTPS padlock icon because no one knows what it means Google says only 11% of users understand "the precise meaning of the lock icon." ...

Google Chrome’s current overflow menu (left); Redesigned overflow menu with icons (right) The researcher spotted a Chromium Gerrit commit mentioning “new icons for the toolbar.” You can see ...