Really secure your Gmail

pIf you use Gmail, but worry about your privacy–especially in the wake of a title=”Google to stop censoring in China, may pull out — Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010″ href=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10433538-265.html”Google’s attack/a by sophisticated hackers–CNET reporter Stephen Shankland shows you how to have your cake and eat it, too.p pWhat are the secret ingredients to a secure Gmail? A triumvirate of freeware comprised of a href=”http://www.gnupg.org/”Gnu Privacy Guard encryption/a, Mozilla’s Thunderbird e-mail application (a href=”http://download.cnet.com/mozilla-thunderbird/3000-2367_4-10213643.html”Windows/a|a href=”http://download.cnet.com/Mozilla-Thunderbird/3000-2367_4-10207484.html”Mac/a), and an e-mail encryption plug-in called a href=”http://download.cnet.com/Enigmail/3000-11745_4-10671339.html”Enigmail/a (Windows and Mac). /p pSwitching from open to encrypted e-mail isn’t a light undertaking, and as Stephen points out, there are plenty of drawbacks and trade-offs when you swap ease-of-use for near-total privacy.

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Really secure your Gmail

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