[Foober223]

You're not submitting data to him, so no benefit to protect you there.

There is a risk downloading the text. Does it warrant a signature? I don't think so.

When you hand out candy on Halloween you could include a digital signature with each piece you hand out. People receiving the candy would have more confidence it came from you, and not a bad guy wearing a mask, sitting on your front porch impersonating you.

Does everything need signatures? The stakes of accepting candy are much higher simple raw text.

[eecks]

This is a misunderstanding of the reasons to use https. ISPs can inject ads or other stuff if it's not https.

[dormento]

Are they, though? I think thats the point.

Edit: to be fair, I mean in this specific case. And I know they _could_ be. But are they?

[surround]

Yes.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=isp+injecting+ads

[seanwilson]

> You're not submitting data to him, so no benefit to protect you there.

This is a common misconception. If a page is using http, an attacker could add a sign-up form, a login form, a payment form, a malware download etc. or anything they want to the page to steal entered data or just redirect you to another malicious site, anything they want.

[Spooky23]

You’re supposed to be worried about your ISP or the government knowing that you’re reading essays online.