Default HTTPS access for Gmail

Post by maukdaddy » Wed, Jan 13, 2010, 3:36 PM UTC

mjgoins wrote: post #20

It's kind of amazing that it wasn't like this from the start. Unsecured coffe shop wifi + http = everyone in the room can grab your password.

Post by jonknee » Wed, Jan 13, 2010, 3:40 PM UTC

gluegadget wrote: post #19

Good that it's still possible to turn it off. In Iran 2-3days before and after each political event government restricts access to only :80. No IMAP no POP3, and no :443.

Post by flogic » Wed, Jan 13, 2010, 4:12 PM UTC

maukdaddy wrote: post #21

mjgoins wrote: post #20

It's kind of amazing that it wasn't like this from the start. Unsecured coffe shop wifi + http = everyone in the room can grab your password.

No. GMail's login page is always HTTPS so no one in the coffee shop can grab your password. However, all the mail is in the clear. So if some crappy website sends your password via email, then someone can can grab it.

Post by gluegadget » Wed, Jan 13, 2010, 4:43 PM UTC

bdonlan wrote: post #24

gluegadget wrote: post #19

Good that it's still possible to turn it off. In Iran 2-3days before and after each political event government restricts access to only :80. No IMAP no POP3, and no :443.

The login form always uses HTTPS.

Post by leoc » Wed, Jan 13, 2010, 5:55 PM UTC

houseabsolute wrote: post #2

This whole incident seems to have put the fear of god in them.