What is lock icon that appears with Sarahi search?

When I type in a search in Safari and hit enter, a lock icon appears, what is this? I haven’t even gone to a web address so it is NOT for a secure site. My search line shows a magafying glass, lock icon, then my search words.

iPhone 8, iOS 11.2

Posted on Jan 7, 2018 8:04 AM

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Posted on Jan 7, 2018 8:09 AM

It is for a secure site. When you use the search bar in Safari it goes to the website for the search engine you have chosen in Settings->Safari->Search Engine and performs the search there.


In most cases this is set to Google. And yes the connection to the Google website is secure, so you get the lock.

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Jan 7, 2018 8:09 AM in response to Derbytea

It is for a secure site. When you use the search bar in Safari it goes to the website for the search engine you have chosen in Settings->Safari->Search Engine and performs the search there.


In most cases this is set to Google. And yes the connection to the Google website is secure, so you get the lock.

Jan 7, 2018 8:27 AM in response to Phil0124

My searches until yesterday did not show the padlock in front of search words. The padlock only showed up when I would go to a secure site. Also I had a couple pages open, Facebook being one of them, that did not have a padlock showing but if I reopen the page, it does now. Wondering why this is just happening, since I have not done any updates or changed settings

Jan 7, 2018 9:11 AM in response to Phil0124

I figured it was fine, but I’ve always used Google as well through Safari. I had some other windows open, one was a Google search and Facebook which did not have the black lock in front of the address or search. That’s how I know it’s not that I just didn’t notice it. As of yesterday the lock appears on any new windows I open for same sites that yesterday did not have it.

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