FYI for GMail users

[amezri]

Apparently someone created a tool that can hack into Gmail accounts.

As I understand it, right now, when you login to Gmail, it's encrypted, but then it switches to an unencrypted session. This will leave you open to an attack when the tool is released.

While it might not be complete protections from hackers, encrypting your GMail session should help:

Log in to your Gmail account --> Click Settings --> Scroll to the bottom section labeled "Browser Connection" --> Select "Always use https" --> Save Changes

thanks to arysani for the heads up. Information via lwood here.

Comments

[lizhume.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing. :)

[eretria.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the heads-up!

[old-wp.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for this! That's scary. :/

Thanks for this.

[spdrwmn.livejournal.com]

I e-mailed everyone I know who has a g-mail account.

[stoyboy720.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip. :)