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The financial relationship between the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Mozilla Foundation, and Google is scrutinized. Google reportedly pays Mozilla $100 million annually to be the default search engine and is a major donor to the EFF. The "HTTPS Everywhere" extension, a collaboration between the EFF and the Tor Project, is introduced as a tool that forces encrypted connections on websites.
HTTPS Everywhere and the Ad-Blocking Circumvention Theory
A theory is presented that the push for "HTTPS Everywhere" is a psychological and technical trick to circumvent ad blockers and prevent ISPs from inserting their own advertisements. By forcing encryption, Google and its partners can maintain control over tracking and advertising data. The hosts argue that 90% of websites do not require encryption and that the "big red X" warning for HTTP sites is an anti-competitive move to marginalize non-compliant publishers.
