SporkBomb

Most people I know who use Gmail sign in by simply going to gmail.com. Hell, up to a few weeks ago I used to do the same thing. When you sign in like that your authentication is perfectly secure because you’re using Google’s SSL certificate. However, once you’re signed in, you’re on your own! There is nothing stopping random people from sniffing your traffic and getting your banking information and social security number. There is also nothing preventing Paul Asadoorian from changing your default language.

Here’s a little trick to keep your connection to the Google mail servers secure. When signing in use the following link: https://mail.google.com. This way you will stay encrypted even after you authenticate. Also, if you use a nifty little Firefox extension by the name of Curtomize Google you can also set the option there to always make sure your traffic to google mail (and other google services) is always encrypted.