HTTPS may not be able to prevent companies releasing information, but the article shows the similar kind of information that eavesdropping could yield. You say

HTTPS may not be able to prevent companies releasing information, but the article shows the similar kind of information that eavesdropping could yield. You say Wikipedia wouldn't have the processing power to switch all connections to https, but I see that eavesdroppers wouldn't have the processing power to decrypt all connections to https. I would point to Iran and similar countries happy that users don't use encrypted connections but I found too many replies of "It won't happen to us [in this peaceful country]."