We are abandoning the ability to actually listen in to what our devices are doing. The great thing about the web is that hitting Ctrl+Shift+I shows you exactly

We are abandoning the ability to actually listen in to what our devices are doing. The great thing about the web is that hitting Ctrl+Shift+I shows you exactly what data is being sent or received whilst maintaining strong encryption. If every single thing does its own encryption we end up with a set of black boxes squirting out unreadable gibberish. Being able to verify input and output is essential.