Two of the biggest names on the internet embarked on a game of chicken this week over the little green padlock in the address bar.

Browser behemoth Chrome, citing what it says are repeated failures by security giant Symantec to comply with the rules governing the issuance of internet security certificates, is threatening to stop fully trusting them. At stake is the user experience for millions of consumers who use the Google-backed browser to shop and bank online.

Source: Citing compliance failures, Chrome will distrust Symantec certificates – Cyberscoop