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This is Why You Should Be Encrypting Your Communications with Google [Traffic Included]

Started by Daniel Miessler · 7 months ago

Everyone loves Google. They want to be everything to everyone, and they’re getting pretty damn good at it. Once you start using their services it gets easier and easier to migrate more of your life to them. But there’s a slight problem.

Google, like most other ... Continue reading »

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  • Appears as if I can't access Google Notebook over https :(

  • You're such a linkwhore lately :)


    There's a bunch of firefox extensions you can use to enforce this as well - everything from greasemonkey scripts to full blown extensions.


    The downside, of course, is that the HTTPS connections take more resources on both ends, require more CPU time to process, generate more network traffic, etc.


    Also, if you're going to access gmail via SMTP or POP3, SSL is enforced...

  • The Firefox extension Customeize Google has options to autmatically redirect all your Google traffic to the https version. Very useful.

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