> Is this a push to make the internet more secure by design Yes? I thought that was obvious. Google is even giving higher ranking to HTTPS sites now and even s

> Is this a push to make the internet more secure by design Yes? I thought that was obvious. Google is even giving higher ranking to HTTPS sites now and even showing HTTPS versions of the site by default on Google, I believe. If I'm not mistaken Apple is also pretty much forcing all app developers to use encrypted TLS connections for their apps (although there may be some exceptions).