Google has introduced encryption of Gmail traffic between data centers for reliable protection of user data



    Today, Google announced that the Gmail project team has decided to introduce encryption of the "mail" Gmail traffic between data centers. This is done, for the most part, to protect users' personal data from North Korean NSA spies and other possible services that intercept and analyze traffic.

    Now, any e-mail message will be encrypted, including the transition of mail traffic from the data center to the Google data center. Previously, information was repeatedly published that the NSA connects specifically to the inter-data center channels of IT companies, since such traffic is generally unencrypted or minimally protected. According to representatives of Google, such protection has become a "priority after the events of the last summer", that is, after the disclosure of many secrets of the NSA by Edward Snowden.

    Among other things, now the Google mail service will use HTTPS in any case - when a user receives mail at home, or on an open Wi-Fi network, or anywhere else. HTTPS has become the standard since 2010, and since then the Gmail team has been “bringing” the security of the service to its desired ideal.

    “Today's changes mean that no one will be able to read your messages when switching between company data centers, or when a message arrives from a user in the Google data center and vice versa. We have introduced many security features that allow us to avoid intercepting a user's letter while writing, sending, or checking messages, ”says the head of the information security department at Gmail.

    Via gmailblog

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