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Google Rolls Out Secure HTTP For Gmail Globally

Google Rolls Out Secure HTTP For Gmail Globally

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Google Inc. on Wednesday has announced that it will ramp up the security of its free email service Gmail by automatically encrypting all the traffic carried on it, primarily in the wake of row over Chinese attacks. The search engine giant noted that it would begin implementing the ‘Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure’ (HTTPS) technology to protect its Gmail users from unauthorised intrusions and eavesdropping. HTTPS is a well-known web-based protocol among...



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