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Firefox hides the "http://" and only shows a crossed out padlock icon.

On secure sites, the full URL is displayed (including "https://").

I haven't noticed (I guess I don't visit http sites?), but that's quite different from the behavior the article is describing, where every component except the TLD and 2LD are completely absent.

http://neverssl.com to try it

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