Those sites, which are typically identified by a closed lock displayed somewhere in the Web browser, rely on a third-party organization to issue a certificate that guarantees to a user's Web browser that the sites are authentic.
That collapse was akin to the brain lock displayed by Zinédine Zidane of France, who delivered a vicious head butt to a taunting Italian rival in front of the world's eyes during the 2006 World Cup soccer final in Berlin.
In a distinctly down-market section of Los Angeles, Truth Calvin Klein was on available in the locked display case at a Sav-On Drug Store: the price was $39.99.
The book was taken last weekend from a locked display case at Bogota's book fair, which this year honoured the late Nobel prize-winning author.
When the coast was clear, officials said, the first guard was told to remove a painting by Salvador Dalí from its locked display case in the lobby.
Campus police received a tip about the theft that led them to the suspect, a UC Berkeley student who worked in the building where the medal was in a locked display case.
For instance, iPhone users who buy the MobileMe service can use the "Find My iPhone" feature to locate their device on a map, set a password lock remotely, display a message on the screen, make the phone ring even if the ringer is off and erase all content remotely.
The subjects were holding a button which they should press to lock the display of the algometer and thus mark when the pain threshold was reached.
The price reflects the fact that the lock screen displays Amazon special offers.
They encouraged the students to touch animal hides, arrowheads and other handmade objects -- items usually off limits, locked in display cases at a museum.
