[This article mentions](https://scotthelme.co.uk/still-think-you-dont-need-https/) and [this site seems designed to show](http://www.httpvshttps.com/) that HTTPS can be faster than HTTP. I'm surprised; I thought HTTPS was just HTTP plus encryption, which adds a small, [likely negligable](https://www.imperialviolet.org/2010/06/25/overclocking-ssl.html) amount of work but doesn't remove any.

**Why might an HTTPS page load be faster than one over HTTP?**