Something that concerns me is that the major browser manufacturers seem to be able to dictate what HTTPS certificates are OK, and therefore what sites non-technical people will have access to.
Surely a move towards centralised control of the web is not good from the tracking/privacy point of view.
The short-term benefits might look nice, but this looks to me like a long-term play. The fact that this movement has been led by Google - who value tracking - would seem to suggest that their tracking is not harmed.
Something that concerns me is that the major browser manufacturers seem to be able to dictate what HTTPS certificates are OK, and therefore what sites non-technical people will have access to.
I'd say that's more about censorship than tracking/privacy, which is also a very important issue to consider. For things like banking (this has to be the most widely mentioned use-case for SSL) it is arguably a centralised entity we're interacting with so it somewhat makes sense, but the Internet is more than that - much more.
Surely a move towards centralised control of the web is not good from the tracking/privacy point of view.
The short-term benefits might look nice, but this looks to me like a long-term play. The fact that this movement has been led by Google - who value tracking - would seem to suggest that their tracking is not harmed.