[AlbinoDrought]

I'd love a referral to your certificate authority and rep - we go through a big kerfluffle each renewal period, only eventually receiving the certificate after a long exchange of government docs and CPA letters. For us, only the last step is the phonecall like you say.

[wnevets]

The replies to my original comment make it obvious who has gotten an EV cert from a quality CA before and who hasn't.

[BHSPitMonkey]

This exchange seemingly proves the argument that user trust gained from the EV treatment is misplaced, and that the endeavor was a farce all along. It's not as though the user's browser was distinguishing the good CAs from the bad!