fix: eth_sign's warning and the README say what it signs (closes #409)
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eth_sign is signed as an EIP-191 personal message over its data, which is
what the Ethereum JSON-RPC specification defines it to return. Its warning
on the signature prompt said the site was asking to sign a raw hash that
could drain funds, and the README said the same; neither was true. The
warning now says the site used the older eth_sign method and that the data
will be signed as a personal message, and the README's SignApproval section
says so too. A test pins that eth_sign is read address first and data
second, and that the page receives the personal message signature over the
data.

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blocklist)
- Site origin (bold, scheme and port included) + "wants you to sign a
message"
- Danger warning box (shown for `eth_sign`, which signs a raw hash)
- Warning box, shown for `eth_sign`: "This site used the older eth_sign
method. The data will be signed as a personal message." An `eth_sign`
request names the address first and the data second. Its data is signed
exactly as a `personal_sign` message is, as an EIP-191 personal message,
which is what the Ethereum JSON-RPC specification defines `eth_sign` to
return.
- Type: "Personal message" or "Typed data (EIP-712)"
- From: color dot + full address + etherscan link
- Message: for `personal_sign` and `eth_sign`, the text the message's bytes