Google has announced that all emails sent using its Gmail service will be encrypted, making it impossible for third parties to look through your messages.
The move comes after whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed how the NSA were spying on people by intercepting their data, Gmail security engineer Nicolas Lidzborzki says users’ mails will now go through a more secure connection.
“Every single email message you send or receive—100 percent of them—is encrypted while moving internally,’ Lidzborzki’s blog post reads.
“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.”
Encrypting messages will not only protect users from the NSA, but from computer hackers as well.
“By protecting the connection between you and Google servers, they protect you against tons of attackers,” Mikko Hypponen, a security researcher in Finland, told CNNMoney.com.
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