Amid revelations that the National Security Agency has the ability to intercept data going between servers and other computers, tech giant Google now says it will encrypt all messages sent through its Gmail email service to prevent prying eyes from looking at private messages.
In a blog post made Thursday by head Gmail security engineer Nicolas Lidzborski, Google said that every time a user checks or sent email, it will be encryped as the data goes to and from Google's servers.
Although Google has given Gmail users the ability to sign into their accouints through an encrypted connection (known as HTTPS) since 2010, Gmail will now automatically default users to the more secure network.
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All this will do is cause people to have a false sense of security. I wouldn't trust Google to protect me from NSA snooping. I don't trust their motives or their competence. Sensitive communications should be encrypted by the user before being sent using PGP or other open-source public key cryptosystem, and preferably hidden using steganography in some innocuous image or file.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, I use a bunch of stuff, but it really doesn't make any difference since I'm all in the open and could care less which agency is adding to my daily count.:)
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