> why did everyone start encyrpting their websites Because Google forced us to, by throwing up scary warnings if we didn't do it. Google doesn't care about $3

> why did everyone start encyrpting their websites Because Google forced us to, by throwing up scary warnings if we didn't do it. Google doesn't care about $3.6mm. They do care about the additional control they have by this scheme. > [HTTPS] at least hides the paths to the specific pages you are reading as you surf online, including things like search engine query terms. This assumes there isn't a secret firehose feed from Google to the NSA, which I don't think is a safe assumption.