Comment on Pie charts in your favicon Comments−mattacular14yI think I read that Firefox might be ditching the favicon in the location bar for some reason?−ohgodthecat314yIt is because some shady sites were putting a lock icon as the favicon to make you think it was secured so the tab is the better place for them.−mmahemoff14yOne reason may be tabnapping. The risk was described by Aza Raskin while he was at Mozilla.http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/a-new-type-of-phishing-attac...−Skalman14yThey still have it in the tab. Don't worry - the favicon won't disappear!
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I think I read that Firefox might be ditching the favicon in the location bar for some reason?
It is because some shady sites were putting a lock icon as the favicon to make you think it was secured so the tab is the better place for them.
One reason may be tabnapping. The risk was described by Aza Raskin while he was at Mozilla.
http://www.azarask.in/blog/post/a-new-type-of-phishing-attac...
They still have it in the tab. Don't worry - the favicon won't disappear!