Yeah exactly my thoughts.<p>The cynic in me is thinking &quot;hey, funny that a company selling SSL Certs wrote an article about how great SSL Certs are which doesn&#x27;t do much more than state side-benefits to one primary benefit of having SSL&quot;<p>HTTPS gets you privacy, tamper-resistance<i>, and authenticity for the end-user.<p></i>This is the one that I often forget: just because something is encrypted doesn&#x27;t mean it can&#x27;t be meaningfully manipulated without knowledge of cleartext.