Netflix is a popular streaming platform, but if you see a lock icon on a profile, show, or mobile device screen, it can be confusing. Here's how to remove it.

Google is getting ready to switch out the Chrome browser's padlock icon for a new symbol in the address bar, the company announced in a blog post on Tuesday. The lock will be replaced this fall ...

Google now plans to replace the lock next to the address in Chrome with a variant of the "tune" icon you see below. Simply put, most people don't understand it.

Google announced that the lock will be replaced by a new “tune” icon with the release of Chrome 117 in September to help users better understand what its actual purpose is.

The company notes how “browsers have shown a lock icon when a site loads over HTTPS since the early versions of Netscape in the 1990s.” As of today, over 95% of page loads in Chrome (for ...

You can hide or remove the Lock Overlay Icon on encrypted files in Windows, if you do not want anyone to know that it is an encrypted file.

In fact, in a survey, 89% of participants misunderstood what the lock really means. This isn’t a Chrome problem, either: Most web browsers use a lock icon to confirm an HTTPS connection.