A letter sent to Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt asks that Google up it's security for online users. Specifically it asks that industry standard transport encryption technology (HTTPS) for Google Mail, Docs, and Calendar be enabled by default.
Google supports HTTPS encryption for the entire Gmail, Docs or Calendar session. However, this is disabled by default, and the configuration option controlling this security mechanism is not easy to discover. Few users know the risks they face when logging into Google’s Web applications from an unsecured network, and Google’s existing efforts are little help.
Raising the security for all users would definitely make things safer but is the "unknowledgeable" user going to understand why things are running a little slower? It will take some good PR from Google to make security concerns, instead of speed, a priority for end-users.
With that Info,
Safer Surfing!
1 comment:
Thanks for the information on the letter. I do agree with making the https setting easier to find.
I do not notice any slowness with the "always use https" setting in Gmail.
My blog post about this topic.
http://faithyoung.blogspot.com/2009/05/gmail-enabling-https-setting.html
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