Angela Moscaritolo
pcmag.com
March 20, 2014
Google is upping the security of Gmail with new measures to protect your email from prying eyes.
The Web giant on Thursday announced that from now on, Gmail will always use an encrypted HTTPS connection when you check and send email. Gmail has always supported HTTPS, and in 2010 Google turned it on for everyone by default, but users still had the option to turn this protection off. From now on, Gmail is HTTPS-only, meaning the mail service no longer allows the more insecure HTTP connections.
“Today’s change means that no one can listen in on your messages as they go back and forth between you and Gmail’s servers — no matter if you’re using public Wi-Fi or logging in from your computer, phone or tablet,” Gmail Security Engineering Lead Nicolas Lidzborski wrote in a blog post.
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