My friend John shot this article: Why You Should Turn Gmail’s SSL Feature On Now over to me this morning about GMail’s new SSL feature. SSL is a level of security that encrypts communication over the internet. It is most easily identified by the https:// in the browser URL as opposed to http://. This SSL feature is important especially on open wireless networks (Starbucks, Random open location, NCSU’s wireless network, etc) where anyone could be sniffing your traffic.
To TURN ON SSL Encryption for the GMail Webapp:
- Sign in to Gmail
- Click Setting at the top of any Gmail page
- Set ‘Browser Connection to ‘Always use https.’
- Click Save Changes
- Reload Gmail
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