It feels to me that this is very similar stunt to encrypting smart phones. After Snowden published details about various spying programs, people became more cautious when communicating.
This is just to convince general population that now it is safe again and you don't have to worry about someone snooping on you, because the communication is encrypted.
Yes, your communication with let's say Google is encrypted, but that doesn't mean Google won't share your data to the three letter organizations. And this is the simplest way, ignoring NSAs various efforts to place vulnerabilities in encrypting software.
Similarly as with phones encryption, it doesn't really help that much, for example when last time NSA ever needed physical access to your phone?
This is just to convince general population that now it is safe again and you don't have to worry about someone snooping on you, because the communication is encrypted.
Yes, your communication with let's say Google is encrypted, but that doesn't mean Google won't share your data to the three letter organizations. And this is the simplest way, ignoring NSAs various efforts to place vulnerabilities in encrypting software.
Similarly as with phones encryption, it doesn't really help that much, for example when last time NSA ever needed physical access to your phone?