because if security and privacy is only limited to sensitive or controversial sites, then the use of security and privacy become suspect. If ALL internet traff

because if security and privacy is only limited to sensitive or controversial sites, then the use of security and privacy become suspect. If ALL internet traffic were encrypted, it would make surveillance that much more difficult because you can't find the signal in the noise. Cory Doctorow's book, Little Brother, talks a bit about this... in fact, that book was one of the motivations for Google starting to encrypt web search traffic years ago. (more of my own writing on the topic: https://willnorris.com/tag/https https://willnorris.com/tag/https)