> I never would have imagined that end-to-end encryption by default would be consitered "controversial"
The whole point of Google's https crusade is to secure users from ISPs profiling their browsing activity, which for them is about eliminating the competition because they still monitor and track everyone and so if they knock the ISPs out they solidify their monopoly position.
HTTPS is not bad but Google's motives (in the context of their business model and monopoly position) are and that gives some people pause.
The whole point of Google's https crusade is to secure users from ISPs profiling their browsing activity, which for them is about eliminating the competition because they still monitor and track everyone and so if they knock the ISPs out they solidify their monopoly position.
HTTPS is not bad but Google's motives (in the context of their business model and monopoly position) are and that gives some people pause.