The connection is still encrypted from others that might see it in-flight (ie, coffee shop, etc) Not really. If you were using your laptop on wifi in a coffee

The connection is still encrypted from others that might see it in-flight (ie, coffee shop, etc) Not really. If you were using your laptop on wifi in a coffee shop, I could intercept your traffic and rewrap the SSL in my SSL. You then have no way to know if you're securely talking to me, or to the original site.