Why You Should Turn Gmail s SSL Feature On Now (Webmonkey)
Aug 22nd, 2008 by Viviane
Let’s talk security and why you should take advantage of Gmail’s recent SSL feature, and why you might want to be careful using other non-SSL webmail services.
But first, make sure your connection is secured using SSL.
How do you know a connection is secured by SSL? The handy “s” after “http” will tell you. For example, https://mail.google.com is encrypted while http://mail.google.com is not. You can force an encryption by adding the “s” yourself, or by turning on “Always use https” from the Browser Connection settings of your Gmail account.
As soon as I read this, I turned on SSL security: Settings | General | Browser Connection | Always Use https.
Tags: email, google, privacy, security
(Psst – layman’s terms please! I don’t know what any of that means!)
Wendy, it means under many circumstances, you email can be intercepted, which is why some time ago I started logging in only to https://gmail.google.com (notice the “s” after the http).
Ahhhhh, ok! I’ll do that now!