The NSA spying scandal - Google responds
From the
Google Blog:
Staying at the forefront of email security and reliability: HTTPS-only and 99.978 percent availability
Your email is important to you, and making sure it stays safe and always available is important to us. As you go about your day reading, writing and checking messages, there are tons of security measures running behind the scenes to keep your email safe, secure, and there whenever you need it.
Starting today, Gmail will always use an encrypted HTTPS connection when you check or send email. Gmail has supported HTTPS since the day it launched, and in 2010 we made HTTPS the default. Today's change means that no one can listen in on your messages as they go back and forth between you and Gmail�s servers�no matter if you're using public WiFi or logging in from your computer, phone or tablet.
In addition, every single email message you send or receive�100 percent of them�is encrypted while moving internally. This ensures that your messages are safe not only when they move between you and Gmail's servers, but also as they move between Google's data centers�something we made a top priority after last summer�s revelations.
Good for them! Nice that the internal transfer is encrypted as well. It will not stop decryption but it will slow it way down and make it impractical for casual use.
Posted by DaveH at March 20, 2014 1:26 PM