Sending emails from Google’s Gmail now provides enhanced security with encryption to any address.
In conjunction with its 21st anniversary celebration, Google’s email service is implementing security measures against message hacking based on artificial intelligence.
According to the company’s most recent data, “the email platform has 1.8 billion customers worldwide.”
The new security feature, active in beta this week for business users, will allow “sending end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) emails to any email address, even if the recipient doesn’t use Gmail.” Additionally, “there’s no need to configure certificates or install additional applications. Everything works with just a few clicks.”
The feature, already in beta for business accounts, is based on client-side encryption (CSE), which means “the message is encrypted on the user’s device before sending and can only be read by the authorized recipient. Neither Google nor third parties can access the content.”
Google has implemented a hybrid model: if the recipient has a Gmail account, the encrypted message is automatically decrypted upon opening it; if they don’t use this email service, “they will receive an invitation to view it in a restricted version of Gmail, without needing to install anything.”
M.Pino
Source: 20minutos
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