Update, December 4, 2024: This story, first, published on December 2, now includes more Google data and others about the most productive way to ensure its Google account, as well as its application and its use of Gmail , for Android and other users.
It’s too easy to imagine that any security update worth making is going to involve something complex, and more often than not, that leaves the user experience more convoluted than before. The best security updates, however, are the ones that make usability easier rather than more cumbersome. Passkeys replacing passwords are the obvious example to throw in the mix. Google has just confirmed an incredibly simple new feature that is coming to the Gmail Android app, and it’s one that truly deserves the security surprise label as you might be forgiven for thinking it’s just another ease-of-use tweak. Here’s what you need to know about the changes to how you send CC and BCC emails using Gmail on Android will impact your security posture.
The Google Workspace team arrived at the official blog on the eve of Thanksgiving to leave an advertisement about what gave the impression of being an undeniable and direct interface adjustment for users of the Android application of Gmail. Party under the radar of safety updates. But you have to get up before the day to sneak away anything of Gmail and security in front of me. So what is the security surprise? “When you compare an email in Gmail’s application on your Android device, you can now drag and release contacts on the poster with the fields,” Google said.
Yes, seriously, that’s all. I told you that it was undeniable and surprising. Now, let me why this is also a security update for many millions of other people who use Gmail on an Android device.
Mistakes made when sending a carbon copy or a blind carbon copy of an email can be embarrassing in the most productive cases and a security threat in the worst case. As a journalist, I lost count of the number of times a media relations firm mistakenly sent a copy of a press release that employed the CC that serves as the BCC’s. This isn’t a massive challenge, other than the fact that he “publishes” the email is pitted against everyone else on the list, which can have broad implications for knowledge protection. But this accidental breach won’t stop by being able to slip an email that faces into one or the other of the carbon copy fields, mine hopes will be more apparent.
No, the protection aspect of things comes into play when someone added the bad user to a carbon copy frame by entering many COPE withes. Trust me, it’s a breeze, especially with the automatic driving standoff combined with a split-second inattention. This email may gently imply an unauthorized confidential device for all eyes that end up reading it. By being able to write and delete email, dealing with boxes to, CC, and BCC, this in fact decreases the number of such errors. For what? Because the physical act of dragging and falling is more attention-directed, it requires another kind of concentration of the shot, and in my never-humble opinion it won’t be much more complicated to be confused.
The advantage here, and is an advantage when it speaks of any type of protection participation, is that the new formula is also an update of the use that makes Gmail less difficult to use. Boom. Double Victoria Wammy.
The new drag-and-drop functionality for the Gmail Android app has started to roll out now, and Google said that it should be complete before Dec. 14 to all users of Gmail, including personal accounts.
Google has published a set of 3 protection tips for android users of the Gmail service that offer an intelligent base to keep your email safe. This is what you want to know about the mouth of the Google horse.
Google recommends that Android users take a look at the tips to create a safe password, which includes the same old tips to keep it exclusive and not share with other accounts, as well as potentially replace their password with a touch step. Then suggest that you replace your password the data that has been given.
Google recommends checking your Gmail protection settings to make sure no one has access to your emails they don’t have. However, you’ll want to check them from an internet browser, as they’re not available in the Gmail application.
And finally, after the recommendation given through the participants to the cybersecurity segment forbes. com, update your Gmail Android app. The reasoning is pretty simple: when you update the app, you also get mandatory security updates to protect yourself. Play Store and search for the Gmail app, if it says “Open” and not anything else, you already have the most recent version, if it says “update”, you know what to do to protect your Gmail.
All of the above security tips from Google should be treated as solid advice for Android users of the Gmail application, but there is another recommendation that all Gmail users really shouldn’t ignore: take the Google account security check-up.
Think of Gmail as a cake, a big juicy one made up of lots of creamy layers. Actors of amena Do this, they have to eat their way through the layers of the sponge in the middle, ok, an analogy of cheese, I know, however, the fact remains key to make sure the cream stays out of reach. That’s why Google account protection registration is so important when it comes to protective Gmail.
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Although your version of the Google security check-up interface will necessarily be different to the example account I’m using to illustrate it here, as it is composed on the fly around your own account and own settings, the basics remain the same. As you can see above, top of the list here is an amber alert for the Gmail account in question. This has been flagged because there are automatic email forwarding rules in place. This is a tactic that can be employed by a hacker or stalker looking to see copies of all your incoming email without you knowing, so the suggestion is to check that the forwarding rule is something you recognize and ditto when it comes to the address your email is being forwarded to. The same section of the Google account security check-up flagged further actions for me to take: check the reply-to address that people replying to my emails is configured to go to, check the email address that is configured as being the one to appear when sending emails from the Gmail account and a list of blocked email addresses to check. The latter, in my case, is quite extensive as I have an itchy blocking trigger finger and no tolerance for repeat offenders. However, this is another tactic that can be used by an attacker looking to ensure certain people or services aren’t able to contact the Gmail account holder.
When moving more on the security list, you can see the main points of all the devices that have signed their Google account, adding those that are inactive for a long time and that can be deleted safely with one click or two. To see, at a glance, not only what devices are connected to their Google account, but also where they are and when they were active, it is a massive merit when it comes to protecting their Gmail account opposite to the fisoteros. It is simple to detect when someone has accessed their emails from a device or location that does not recognize and take appropriate measures accordingly.
The navigation segment verifies whether or not you have Google’s navigation shields. Advanced advancement automatically serves in the background to “offer a faster and faster proactive shield opposite to websites, downloads and extensions,” It protects you when you are connected and improve your Ty on Google Chrome and Gmail. ” Essentially, these are offers of genuine time security digitalization with respect to websites, downloads and harmful extensions and improves Google’s ability to run and protect phishing and malware, as well as to offer an improved shield, improved to harmful links in Google applications.
In this example of Array, you can see that all the remaining sections have green marks, which means that they do not require any other action to maintain their Safe Gmail account.
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