This is up on reddit
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/jzv8a/mtgox_kk_tibanne_now_verified_by_verisign/Which actually links to another reddit post
http://www.reddit.com/r/MtGox/comments/jzv75/mtgox_kk_tibanne_now_verified_by_verisign/Which brings you to this Mt Gox post
Dear Mt.Gox users,
We've been working hard on improving security since the hacking incident in June, and today we're proud to announce that Mt.Gox is the first Bitcoin exchange to be certified by VeriSign with the VeriSign Trust Seal.
The VeriSign Trust Seal is a certification that Mt.Gox’s user information security practices are in-line with internationally recognised standards. Anyone using browsers that can read Internet security certificates may note that their address bar changes colour the next time they visit Mt.Gox. This shows that your are accessing a certified secure website.
There were many stringent requirements Mt.Gox (Tibanne Co. Ltd.) had to meet in order to be certified, one of which being that VeriSign had to independently verify nearly all aspects of our business before approving us. Through this audit process we've proven that Mt.Gox is a safe, secure and transparent service whose security measures meet the highest standards of the Information Communications Technology industry.
We realize that this is a small step towards restoring the trust of our loyal users, and we look forward to delivering further substantial and meaningful improvements to our security in the coming weeks to ensure we continue to protect and support our users.
You can also find us listed on the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce website.
Safe trading,
-The Mt.Gox Team
Having never heard of this "Very sign" company before, I checked Wikipedia to find this shocking tidbit
In 2002, Verisign was sued for domain slamming – transferring domains from other registrars to themselves by making the registrants believe they were merely renewing their domain name. Although they were found not to have broken the law, they were barred from suggesting that a domain was about to expire or claim that a transfer was actually a renewal.and
In September 2003, Verisign introduced a service called Site Finder, which redirected Web browsers to a search service when users attempted to go to nonexistent .com or .net domain names. ICANN asserted that Verisign had overstepped the terms of its contract with the U.S. Department of Commerce, which in essence grants Verisign the right to operate the DNS for .com and .net, and Verisign shut down the serviceI was just kidding about never hearing of Verisign before, though the little blurbs are new information to me. I think this obviously means everyone should be buying up Bitcoin right now, at $8.56, it is a steal.
Thread keeps on delivering with information regarding Verisign. Let's go back to the title talk you bring up, jokingly made, but is it inaccurate? The shit that Verisign has tried to pull as a company thinking it is okay to do despite being obvious was to take advantage of unknowing users. I am just saying, if they were on the forums, Very Sign would have the "XXXXX" red things under their user name, and now we have Mt Gox working directly with them with a press release.
