“Always use HTTPS” setting now in Gmail

By jonmoore | Published: July 25, 2008

Google added a “always use HTTPS” setting to Gmail recently.  Very nice addition.  No more adding https:// myself and even more importantly, no more forgetting to add it.

I’d recommend that anyone using Gmail enable this option.  While email is plain text over the public Ineternet and shouldn’t even remotly be treated as secure communications, it’s still nice to have your credentials private.

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3 Comments

  1. drale
    Posted July 26, 2008 at 12:09 am | Permalink

    Thanks for the reminder. I finally set this up.

  2. drale
    Posted August 11, 2008 at 7:33 pm | Permalink

    Now is a good time more than ever to make sure you have this on. Automatic GMail hijacker tool about to go public. Read: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/

  3. drale
    Posted January 14, 2010 at 3:03 am | Permalink

    HTTPS is now going to be on always for everyone by default. You will have choose “Don’t always use https” from the Settings menu to turn it off. Not that anyone should.

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