Clerkendweller (aka Colin Watson) discusses an interesting ACM paper entitled 'Clubbing Seals: Exploring the Ecosystem of Third-party Security Seals', presented last month at the ACM CCS 2014. The paper's authors, Frank Piessens, Tom Van Goethem, Nick Nikiforakis and Wouter Joosen present a fascinating take on the current crop of security seals, badges and what-not, attesting the security posture of whatever site the badges appear on.