"I’ve been speaking with the owner about SSL before I invest in becoming a member, but she’s been told by the dev of the platform (it’s a franchise system called ShopCity.com) that SSL is more about Google’s monopolizing visibility of content, and less to do with security"
This is an interesting observation of how Google's technical crusades often align with its profit interests.
The main threat that HTTPS everywhere secures against is preventing your ISP from analyzing your traffic in order to build and sell an advertising profile on you.
Now, obviously that is something I don't want, so I am all for HTTPS everywhere, but Google already has that profile, so for them HTTPS everywhere is eliminating the competition.
This is an interesting observation of how Google's technical crusades often align with its profit interests.
The main threat that HTTPS everywhere secures against is preventing your ISP from analyzing your traffic in order to build and sell an advertising profile on you.
Now, obviously that is something I don't want, so I am all for HTTPS everywhere, but Google already has that profile, so for them HTTPS everywhere is eliminating the competition.