Security is the biggest challenge for most individuals or business online. Google definitely knows about this and that is why the company has plans to make Gmail even more secure as we go forward.
Google is reportedly working on a new feature that will alert users if they happen to receive emails sent over unencrypted connections. This decision was informed by the study Google has been conducting for two years.
The company revealed this through a blog post saying the two year study on email security was conducted in partnership with the University of Illinois and the University of Michigan.
In part, the statement read, “We’re constantly working to help make email more secure for everyone. These efforts are reflected in security protections like default HTTPS in Gmail as well as our Safer Email Transparency report, which includes information about email security beyond just Gmail.”
“First, we found regions of the Internet actively preventing message encryption by tampering with requests to initiate SSL connections. To mitigate this attack, we are working closely with partners through the industry association M3AAWG to strengthen “opportunistic TLS” using technologies that we pioneered with Chrome to protect websites against interception,” the company said.
Google went ahead to clarify that Gmail to Gmail exchanges are usually safe but the issue arises when dealing with other email providers.
In conclusion, the company said, “All email services—Gmail included—depend on the trust of their users. Partnering with top researchers helps us make the email ecosystem as a whole safer and more secure for everyone. Security threats won’t disappear, but studies like these enable providers across the industry to fight them with better, more powerful protections today and going forward.”
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