I think there is a misunderstanding here. Reader is not going away and it will still be a feed reader. As for encryption, Reader currently doesn't use SSL, G+ o

I think there is a misunderstanding here. Reader is not going away and it will still be a feed reader. As for encryption, Reader currently doesn't use SSL, G+ on the other hand does so that's an improvement. The changes if I understood correctly are that Reader will get an interface overhaul and it's social capabilities will be outsources to G+.