Google adds new encryption methods on Gmail to protect from NSA

Last year, whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked documents saying that NSA has been hacking into computers of private individuals and intercepting messages sent via communication systems connected to Yahoo and Google's data centers.

Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, released a statement on November condemning this practice; however, he did not mention the federal security agency. The newly-improved encryption service will be beneficial to 425 million Gmail users.

"Today's change means that no one can listen in on your messages as they go back and forth between you and Gmail’s servers -- no matter if you're using public Wi-Fi or logging in from your computer, phone or tablet", Nicolas Lidzborski, Gmail Security Engineering Lead says to Beta News.
"In addition, every single email message you send or receive -- 100 percent of them -- is encrypted while moving internally. This ensures that your messages are safe not only when they move between you and Gmail's servers, but also as they move between Google's data centers -- something we made a top priority after last summer’s revelations", he adds.

Gmail is one of those email platforms that have become most trusted all over the world. And it continues to improve its features and add more functions that will make emailing a more comfortable, most convenient.

With the new Gmail inbox, you have the option of creating tabs that will organize your messages and filter them in such a way that each one will go to the tabs that they belong to. This way, you can go directly to the tabs that contain the messages that you need to see first.