Key Highlights
- Google is enhancing the security of Gmail
- The end-to-end encryption will provide more privacy to the files and attachments of the users
- The tech giant already offers Client-side encryption across Google Drive, Sheets, Docs, Slides, Google Meet, and Google Calendar (beta)
Google has finally revealed the most awaited feature for its email services. The tech giant is introducing end-to-end encryption for its Gmail on the web in order to improve privacy and increase the safety and security of email deliveries. Only Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard accounts—i.e., typical education accounts—can use the service, which is presently in beta.
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Google has stated that through January 20, 2022, all of its enterprise users are eligible to join up for the Gmail client-side encryption beta. With the new client-side encryption for Gmail Web, user data and attachments will be secured and inaccessible to all other parties, including Google. As a result, the security of all sensitive user data in emails with attachments would be more secure.
End-To-End Encryption: Why It Is Helpful?
Users’ email messages will be encrypted by the sender and only be able to be decrypted by the intended recipient on their device thanks to end-to-end encryption in Gmail. The messages and attachments sent with the email cannot be decrypted or read by a third party, organization, or even Google’s own email server.
Notably, Google currently offers client-side encryption on Google Docs, Sheets, Drive, and Google Calendar (beta). Now that the feature is available to Workspace users. However, individual users would need to wait a little while before they can use the feature with their own Gmail accounts.
Users of the workspace will be able to send and receive encrypted emails inside or outside of their domain once they sign up for client-side encryption. Google makes it clear that the new feature would encrypt both the email content and all attachments, including embedded photos. Google, however, will not encrypt the email’s header, which contains the topic, timestamps, and recipient lists.
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