<p>Yesterday, Google announced that its Gmail service will use a secure, encrypted connection. Gmail has supported encryption since its early days, and the option was turned on by default in 2010 but with this latest announcement, there's no way to turn it off.</p><p>The official company line is as follows:</p><p>Today's change means that no one can listen in on your messages as they go back and forth between you and Gmail's serversno matter if you're using public WiFi or logging in from your computer, phone or tablet.</p><p>In addition, every single email message you send or receive100% of themis 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 centerssomething we made a top priority after last summer's revelations.</p><p><a href="http://time.com/33655/gmail-encryption-nsa/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2014/03/20/gmail-https-only/">Now Gmail Encrypts Messages Sent to Google Servers</a> (Mashable)</p><p><a href="http://rt.com/news/google-gmail-encryption-nsa-297/">Google encrypts Gmail to safeguard against NSA snooping</a> (RT)</p><p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/3/20/5530072/google-encrypts-gmail-between-data-centers-to-keep-out-nsa">Google encrypts Gmail between data centers to keep the NSA...</a> (The Verge)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dSyLttrNJIrg35M9Nj7Rbsv_6NLkM&authuser=0&ned=us">316 additional articles.</a></p>