[rakoo]

https doesn't care about the content, it's the browser that tells the user that his communication is in the clear, and there's no assurance as to who the user is talking to.

> What danger could possibly happen if I'm reading about a Physical Therapy clinic?

Depends what is a "danger" to you. Your insurance learning you're having issues and deciding to increase the amounts you owe them, because they saw that your back is aching, is definitely a problem.

> But unless the Physical Therapist knows how to manage the server, they get this scary warning.

Wrong. In 2020, if the Physical Therapist can have an http website, they can have an https website with a valid certificate.

It's the same for your grandma store. Going from no website to http is a much much bigger step than going from http to https.

[lez]

Using the same logic, https://facebook.com is also a danger, since we know they routinely sell out our personal data to advertisers and probably anyone who is willing to pay for them. Or an aquitance could be an insurance agent... Not to mention NSA as a source of danger in this sense.

The real danger I see is the disappearance of lots of quality, not-for-profit content that reminds me of the good old Internet, swapping it with new shiny https publishers, of which 90% belong to the same owners. That's the real danger to the society. The long tail is disappearing, while commercial interests, and the manipulation that comes with that sneaks in everywhere.