> Because it makes absolutely no sense for the vast majority of online content. So you use postcards for most "the vast majority" of your snail (postal service

> Because it makes absolutely no sense for the vast majority of online content. So you use postcards for most "the vast majority" of your snail (postal service) mail, right? Because envelopes[1] make "absolutely no sense"? Besides the security issues that have already been mentioned of someone modifying the content as a MITM - something which ISPs are already doing[2] - this is really just another version of the "If you have nothing to hide..." falacy. You do have things to hide, because you shouldn't let every node that handles your traffic compile a database of your browsing activities. [1] https://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html https://www.philzimmermann.com/EN/essays/WhyIWrotePGP.html [2] e.g. "X-UIDH" and the various ISPs that inject javascript for various reasons.