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Gmail HTTPS Doesn't Protect Account, New Setting Does

Privacy Digest (Free subscription) | yesterday

Gmail HTTPS Doesn't Protect Account, New Setting Does - Via Threat Level : Just paranoid-enough Gmail users have long known that logging in via https://mail.google.com keeps the entire emailing session wrapped in cozy,128-bit encryption -- leaving would-be Wi-Fi snoops at a cafe staring at the electronic equivalent of a blended latte. It's a simple rule: https is your friend, especially when it comes...

• Gmail HTTPS Doesn't Protect Account, New Setting Does - Threat Level

A Good Reason To Go Full-Time SSL For Gmail

Privacy Digest (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008

A Good Reason To Go Full-Time SSL For Gmail - Via Slashdot : Ashik Ratnani writes with this snippet from Hungry Hackers: "A tool that automatically steals IDs of non-encrypted sessions and breaks into Google Mail accounts has been presented at the Defcon hackers' conference in Las Vegas. Last week, Google introduced a new feature in Gmail that allows users to permanently switch on SSL and use it for...

• GMail hacking tool: it’s time to be more careful - The Moderate Voice
• Why use SSL connection at Gmail . - FIlipino online community
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Security Researcher Defends Plan To Release Gmail Hacking Tool

InformationWeek - All Stories (Free subscription) | yesterday

The software could affect many SSL-secured Web sites, including Amazon, Facebook, Gmail, addons.mozilla.org, most Drupal sites, and many online merchants and banks.

Security Researcher Defends Plan To Release Gmail Hacking Tool

Information Week (Free subscription) | yesterday

The software could affect many SSL-secured Web sites, including Amazon, Facebook, Gmail, addons.mozilla.org, most Drupal sites, and many online merchants and banks.

Google integrates chatservice Talk in Gmail

Microweb News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Google integrates the im-service from Tuesday. Initially will users only with the US English-interface want to can make of the service. There is no necessary additional software to be downloaded. Users get to see in Gmail [...]

Better Gmail 2 Gets Agenda Script, Redesigned Update [Lifehacker Code Update]

Lifehacker (Free subscription) | yesterday

Just published an update to the Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension , which adds the excellent GmailAgenda user script (in the General options tab) and updates the Gmail Redesigned style. Download the latest version 0.6.1 here .

Better Gmail 2 Gets Agenda Script, Redesigned Update [Lifehacker Code Update]

TechBlogger (Free subscription) | yesterday

Just published an update to the Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension, which adds the excellent GmailAgenda user script (in the General options tab) and updates the Gmail Redesigned style. Download the latest version 0.6.1 here. Original post by Gina Trapani

Gmail hacking tool to be released

Geek News Central (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008

I am sure given the audience of this blog that many of you are already forcing Gmail to use SSL, especially if you are on a public computer or wifi network. At the recent DefCon conference a "reverse engineer" Mike...

How not to get your Gmail hacked [Siilicon Valley Users Guide]

Valleywag (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008

Last time someone came out with a Gmail exploit, it was possible to completely hijack your account with just email filters. This time around, hackers found a way to break into your account via... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Why yes, I'd like someone I don't know to read my Gmail...

budgie's squawks (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008

I don't use Gmail as my primary email account, but if I did, I'd be going to my Settings fairly rapidly... Why? Well, thanks to lwood for the original post, and synabetic for passing it on: Do you use Gmail? Then you need to read this. Now. Most important bits from the post if you haven't clicked yet: "Hello, folks--earlier this month, at a well-known conference, there was announced a tool that can...

Force Gmail to use HTTPS

Network Security Blog (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008

If the possibility of ending up on the Wall of Sheep at Defcon and Black Hat wasn’t enough for you, Mike Perry is about to release a tool that automatically steals the Gmail ID’s of any non-encrypted sessions it finds. If you’re surfing on the free, public wi-fi at your local coffee shop, anyone [...]

Read any Web Document Directly in Google Docs - Similar to Gmail

Digital Inspiration (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008

Send to Google Docs: Upload and Open Microsoft documents, PDFs and HTML web pages directly in your Google Docs account without downloading them to the hard drive.

Again? Gmail users report another outage

FinanMart.com - IT News (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008

Manage Tasks and Calendars from Gmail [Gmail]

Lifehacker (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008

Earlier this week, we highlighted a Greasemonkey script for Firefox that puts Google Calendar into a right-hand sidebar in Gmail . That in itself makes Gmail a pretty good organizer, but what if you like to keep your appointments and scheduling separate from your actual tasks? Enter hyper-connected web organizer Remember the Milk , which can integrate your GTD-style tasks into that Calendar sidebar....

Do this: gmail > settings > use https always (via Chirag)

gtmcknight.com (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008

Do this: gmail > settings > use https always (via Chirag )