The Hopp Stop

From Wired.com, here’s a good tip for all Gmail users. I checked my settings–it was not enabled.

Why You Should Turn Gmail s SSL Feature On Now – Webmonkey

§ 2 Responses to Why You Should Turn Gmail’s SSL Feature On Now – Webmonkey"

• Seabass says:

  August 22, 2008 at 10:58 am

  Thanks for posting. The author’s explanation for why my gmail account is more hackable without SSL enabled makes no sense to me, but I’ll take his word for it. I’ve changed my gmail settings.
• Hopp says:

  August 22, 2008 at 11:02 am

  I think it’s basically that SSL encrypts the information that flows between your computer and Google’s servers, so if someone is snooping on your connection (such as if you are using public WiFi at a cafe), they could grab account login information, etc. Whereas SSL encrypts that, so a snooper sees gobbledy-gook.