On: 'Trivially easy' to buy SSL certificate for domain you don't own

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That's how they are marketed, after all. Not by everyone, but check out the "features" on GoDaddy's SSL cert page: http://www.godaddy.com/ssl/ssl-certificates.aspx?ci=8979 "Bigger, more colorful icons! Yay!"

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For better or for worse, big lock icons and green toolbars do help conversions.