As reported by the company Google, even in 2008 was added to the permanent use of the HTTPS protocol when working with the postal service company - by Gmail. Using HTTPS helps to protect data from being accessed by third parties, especially when connecting to the Internet in public places with access points Wi-Fi. Initially, users were given a choice: use HTTPS permanently or not. But recently, this decision was reviewed by the company.

In recent months, Google has conducted several surveys in the area of security, were weighed all the pros and cons, and to ensure the safety of users of the system, it was decided to include a permanent connection to HTTPS by default. And with the end of last week was started switching to a permanent connection using HTTPS for all users of Gmail. As the developer, an encrypted connection can make the mail is slower, so if in this or any other reason the Gmail user wants to switch to the normal connection, this can be done in the "Preferences".

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