Gmail announces email encryption, for some users ullstein bild via Getty Images On Friday, 18 December, Google announced that client-side encryption for Gmail was now available in a beta-testing format. Which is great news, but the majority of its 1.8 billion users are likely to be disappointed. The clue is where that announcement was made: the Google Workspace official updates feed. Who can use the new Gmail encryption feature? You can only apply to sign up for the email encryption beta if… Source link
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Skiff cofounders Andrew Milich (left) and Jason Ginsberg (right) are building an end-to-end encrypted workplace suit. They met while planning a hackathon in Stanford. Skiff “Google, Amazon, and Facebook have sort of turned the private human experience into the raw material of the digital economy,” Skiff CTO Jason Ginsberg says. The world needs an alternative workspace suite to Google, says Dan Guido, a long-time user of Skiff, a private and end-to-end encrypted email provider. Now,… Source link
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In the coming weeks, Google is rolling out end-to-end encrypted phone calls on its Google Fi MVNO, the search giant announced today. When enabled, the feature means that no one, not even Google, can listen in on the contents of a call. Although it’s possible to have end-to-end encrypted audio calls through services like FaceTime and WhatsApp, Google Fi’s new feature makes it the default for regular phone calls. The feature is a little limited in its current form. Google’s end-to-end… Source link
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