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Home › Google tightens Gmail's HTTPS protections in light of government snooping

 

Google tightens Gmail's HTTPS protections in light of government snooping

2014-03-20 19:57:46| InfoWorld: Top News

Citing the need to protect users from government cyber spying, Google has tightened Gmail's encryption screws by removing the option to turn off HTTPS. Google first gave people the option of encrypting their Gmail sessions via the HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) communications protocol in 2008. Google turned it on by default in 2010 for all users, but allowed them to turn it off manually. Not anymore.

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