[kangs]

it mainly means control these days. ive made SSL then later TLS requirements for web browsers and we had fights on this sort of stuff.

yeah encryption is needed. but then you need authentication. and then, if authentication is controlled by corporations you're f'd.

instead youd want identities to be distributed and owned by everyone. many trust models have been developed and other than raw UI problems (hi gpg/pgp) its really not a terrible UX.