Encrypting Gmail
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Automatically encrypt Gmail connection
Gmail now can be set to encrypt communications between a browser and Google's servers by default, an option that makes the e-mail service harder to snoop on but also potentially slower.
The encryption comes through use of HTTPS, a secure version of the HTTP protocol that governs how Web browsers fetch information from servers.
It's not simple to snoop on somebody else's network traffic, but it can be done when the communications aren't encrypted.
HTTPS encrypts communications only between the browser and Gmail's servers.
It's not like PGP (nee Pretty Good Privacy) or GPG (GNU Privacy Guard) software that encrypts e-mail all the way from source to destination.
Note : The Gmail login process is always encrypted.
Open Gmail > Settings > Browser connection > Always use https > save changes
Gmail now can be set to encrypt communications between a browser and Google's servers by default, an option that makes the e-mail service harder to snoop on but also potentially slower.
The encryption comes through use of HTTPS, a secure version of the HTTP protocol that governs how Web browsers fetch information from servers.
It's not simple to snoop on somebody else's network traffic, but it can be done when the communications aren't encrypted.
HTTPS encrypts communications only between the browser and Gmail's servers.
It's not like PGP (nee Pretty Good Privacy) or GPG (GNU Privacy Guard) software that encrypts e-mail all the way from source to destination.
Note : The Gmail login process is always encrypted.
Open Gmail > Settings > Browser connection > Always use https > save changes
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