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Google unveils end-to-end messages for Gmail. Only thing is: It’s not true E2EE.

“The idea is that no matter what, at no time and in no way does Gmail ever have the real key. Never,” Julien Duplant, a Google Workspace product manager, told Ars. “And we never have the decrypted content. It’s only happening on that user’s device.” Now, as to whether this constitutes true E2EE, it likely… Read More »

Google’s threat team confirms Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris campaigns

Enlarge / Roger Stone, former adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, center, during the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee on July 17, 2024. Getty Images reader comments 62 Google’s Threat Analysis Group confirmed Wednesday that they observed a threat actor backed by the Iranian government targeting Google accounts associated with US presidential campaigns, in… Read More »