Chrome will shortly be flagging all sites without HTTPS as insecure, so at the very least the benefit is cosmetic. From an overall health of the internet perspe

Chrome will shortly be flagging all sites without HTTPS as insecure, so at the very least the benefit is cosmetic. From an overall health of the internet perspective, modern SSL ensures no tampering or other misbehaviour on the line. Google covered some other benefits of SSL in a post from September - https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/encrypt-in-transit/why-https https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/encr...