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Nothing requires privacy. However, the HTTPS movement is about making privacy the default, not the exception.

The HTTPS movement is about ensuring that only Google gets your data. It's not about privacy.

I don't quite follow. Please explain why Google gets the data.

Presumably Google Analytics which can embed on HTTPS pages.

Which is already blocked by 40% of the users via ad-blockers.

Edit: some report even over 70% that block GA.

Using an adblocker is not part of HTTPS.