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Resolving problems with GMail Notifier when you’ve set GMail default to HTTPS

If you’ve fixed the security problem described in my last post, you might have noticed that the GMail Notifier no longer works. It seems Google have also seen this problem occur, and they’ve even made a patch for it. Here’s how to get it, and how to apply it. Happy patching!

Published 27/08/2008
Categorized as gmail Tagged GMail notifier, https, patch

Stoppering GMail’s default security problem

At this year’s DefCon, a security problem inherent to the default settings in GMail was unveiled. The problem is that, by default, GMail does not use encrypted sessions.

Published 25/08/2008
Categorized as gmail Tagged gmail, https, Security, settings
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