Gmail now scans mail images

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgP-pO2qZ0jD3sqoZOWyNiNnjTVws_nvRW5CcDREaPt1K8PIybgWYLwEFCLA2MLDlTanh0ol5LQxjMkYf3lMeH6JyTjsA2IKxYsWZ-wBP7YsOwMX2ippvZYVbDHQG7euqYF2Ov72nEeXz/s1600/chrome_windows_xp-100058162-large.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Mail on computer</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgP-pO2qZ0jD3sqoZOWyNiNnjTVws_nvRW5CcDREaPt1K8PIybgWYLwEFCLA2MLDlTanh0ol5LQxjMkYf3lMeH6JyTjsA2IKxYsWZ-wBP7YsOwMX2ippvZYVbDHQG7euqYF2Ov72nEeXz/s1600/chrome_windows_xp-100058162-large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></a></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Users of Gmail, Google's email service, can now automatically see images in emails without risking the security of their computers or mobile devices.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is because Google now filters images via its secure proxy servers instead of displaying them straight from an outside source, product manager John Rae-Grant said.</span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Your messages are more safe and secure, your images are checked for known viruses or malware, and you’ll never have to press that pesky 'display images below' link again. With this new change, your email will now be safer, faster and more beautiful than ever," Rae-Grant said in <a class="external" href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.jp/2013/12/images-now-showing.html?m=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6666ff; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">a blog post</a>.</span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He said Gmail would usually ask a user before showing images in emails to protect them from unknown senders "who might try to use images to compromise the security of your computer or mobile device."</span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But with new improvements in how Gmail handles images, he said all images will soon be displayed in messages automatically across desktop, iOS and Android.</span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Instead of serving images directly from their original external host servers, Gmail will now serve all images through Google’s own secure proxy servers," he said.</span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He likened image proxying to default https access, suspicious activity detection, and free two-step verification as another way email is protected.</span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But he said those who still want to authorize image display on a per message basis can choose the option “Ask before displaying external images.”</span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"That option will also be the default for users who previously selected 'Ask before displaying external content,'” Rae-Grant said.</span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He added the new improvement will be rolling out on desktop Friday and to Gmail mobile apps in early 2014.</span></div><div style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source : <a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/340042/scitech/technology/gmail-now-scans-email-images">GMA News</a></span></i></span></div>

Gmail now scans mail images

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Turn Off Gmail’s Auto Image Loading to Keep Email Snoops at Bay

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIVUn3uNmsCQgDxy0Q2l0CtHOy8qIl5H7_mgcTZVdq0skV6VBfU409MT9KlCGw4Q4SxDam6mNKbF3dsKoDVBbjJgWJ49rx6IS5EuhvACMJjh4h050RnJrQ3ny_-RwJkPsT392eoguDBMG/s1600/Turn+Off+Gmail%E2%80%99s+Auto+Image+Loading+to+Keep+Email+Snoops+at+Bay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIVUn3uNmsCQgDxy0Q2l0CtHOy8qIl5H7_mgcTZVdq0skV6VBfU409MT9KlCGw4Q4SxDam6mNKbF3dsKoDVBbjJgWJ49rx6IS5EuhvACMJjh4h050RnJrQ3ny_-RwJkPsT392eoguDBMG/s640/Turn+Off+Gmail%E2%80%99s+Auto+Image+Loading+to+Keep+Email+Snoops+at+Bay.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Gmail</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gmail recently announced a change to the way it handles images in your emails by default. You used to have to opt in to see images embedded in your incoming messages by clicking a “Display images below” or “Always display images from (address)” link at the top of each message. Now, all images in your messages will load automatically.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Google is hyping the enhanced security of this new way of doing things, primarily because all emailed images will now be cached on the company’s own servers. That means that when they’re opened, only Google will be able to see your IP address and device details, not some potential spammer or nefarious e-buddy. It also means that Google is now copying every image sent through Gmail to its own servers.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some argue that this new “cache and load” approach will <a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/gmail-blows-up-e-mail-marketing-by-caching-all-images-on-google-servers/" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">help keep you from being tracked</a> by marketers. Others argue that it will <a href="http://www.wired.com/business/2013/12/gmail-spying-explained/" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">allow marketers to track your habits</a> even more effectively, in some cases letting them know when you’ve opened and read their messages.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Either way, there are clear benefits to the old way of opting in to view messages. You can decide what to open on a case-by-case basis, and it’ll make your inbox load a lot faster. It won’t keep all those images off Google’s servers, though. It’ll just hide them by default.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To switch back to “opt-in” images, just open the full-browser version of Gmail and do this:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Click on the Gear icon and select “Settings” from the drop-down menu.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />2. In the “General” tab, scroll down to “External content.”<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />3. Click the radio button next to “Ask before displaying external content.”</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/12/prevent-gmail-from-loading-images-by-default/screen-shot-2013-12-13-at-4-08-20-pm/" rel="attachment wp-att-272951" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-272951" data-lazy-loaded="true" height="150" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/gadgetlab/2013/12/Screen-shot-2013-12-13-at-4.08.20-PM-660x150.png" style="border: none; display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;" title="Screen shot 2013-12-13 at 4.08.20 PM" width="660" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Note: If you want to switch back to showing images by default, just choose the button next to “Always display external content (such as images) sent by trusted senders.”</span></em></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></em></span><br /><div style="margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Homepage Image: Mario Antonio Pena Zapatería/<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/99058495@N00/2342164735/" style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Flickr</a></span></em></div><div style="margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source : <a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/12/turn-gmail-auto-image-loading-off/">Wired</a></span></i></div>

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Gmail show images

<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT" style="float: left;"><br /> <img class="gwt-Image" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/27290598.cms" /><br /> <br /> </span><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT" style="float: left;"><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT" style="float: left;">Google's Gmail service will finally show images by default in emails. The company has done this by serving all the images users receive on its own proxy servers, instead of serving them from external host servers.<br /> <br /> According to Google, this will improve the email experience without compromising security. In a post on the official Gmail blog, the company said: "Your messages are more safe and secure, your images are checked for known viruses or malware."</span>Earlier, users needed to give authorization before emails could display images. Those who prefer that emails do not show images automatically can choose to disable the new feature under the General tab in Settings menu.<br /> <br /> <img class="gwt-Image" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/27290572.cms" /><br /> <br /> Google said that the new Gmail feature will be available on desktops as well as Android and iOS devices. While the desktop users can access this feature from today itself, mobile app users will have to wait till early 2014. </span><i><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT" style="float: left;">Source : <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/computing/Gmail-to-finally-display-images/articleshow/27290471.cms">The Times of India </a></span></i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>

Gmail show images

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Massive hack stolen 2 million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzOmzyowanYhEvyOqVVhPQlJPeBVvu3W7XlR0P6NDX1mhPTfGnfW9XNsjOPCQEw232GYo0QwdjCB0tA6hmYhsGVPo39az-C4wV8LgZXj1FbF5aTEkppw1Xc64kVHWqKLZwkxwI1sh9kFo/s1600/131204130551-facebook-password-620xa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGzOmzyowanYhEvyOqVVhPQlJPeBVvu3W7XlR0P6NDX1mhPTfGnfW9XNsjOPCQEw232GYo0QwdjCB0tA6hmYhsGVPo39az-C4wV8LgZXj1FbF5aTEkppw1Xc64kVHWqKLZwkxwI1sh9kFo/s1600/131204130551-facebook-password-620xa.jpg" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Massive hack stolen  2 million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords </i></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><h2><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hackers have stolen usernames and passwords for nearly two million accounts at Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo and others, according to a report released this week.</span></span></span></h2><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The massive data breach was a result of keylogging software maliciously installed on an untold number of computers around the world, researchers at cybersecurity firm <a href="https://www.trustwave.com/" target="_blank">Trustwave</a> said. The virus was capturing log-in credentials for key websites over the past month and sending those usernames and passwords to a server controlled by the hackers. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> On Nov. 24, Trustwave researchers tracked that server, located in the Netherlands. They discovered compromised credentials for more than 93,000 websites, including: </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span> <br /><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">318,000 <span>Facebook</span>  accounts</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">70,000 Gmail, Google+ and YouTube accounts</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">60,000 <span>Yahoo</span>  accounts</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">22,000 <span>Twitter</span>  accounts</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">9,000 Odnoklassniki accounts (a Russian social network)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">8,000 <span>ADP</span> <span></span> accounts (ADP says it counted 2,400)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">8,000 <span>LinkedIn  </span><span></span>accounts</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Source : <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/12/04/technology/security/passwords-stolen/">CNN </a></i></span></span><br />

Massive hack stolen 2 million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords

Massive hack stolen  2 million Facebook, Gmail and Twitter passwords Hackers have stolen usernames and passwords for nearly two million acc...

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