I agree with that view. I think this is largely a bit of opportunist advertising, but also that this specific measure is actually useful. Like with more compani

I agree with that view. I think this is largely a bit of opportunist advertising, but also that this specific measure is actually useful. Like with more companies moving towards HTTPS-by-default, it's useful in cutting down the number of places where things can be easily intercepted. Even cutting down the number of places where non-government parties can intercept something is useful, because: 1) that's in itself good for privacy; and 2) non-government parties are a major source of government information, because some of them voluntarily turn over or sell the information to governments, and others end up being forced to hand it over.