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Google has released an alpha version of its client-side encryption feature for Gmail.
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It allows businesses to test the encryption feature to ensure that "sensitive information" and attachments are inaccessible to Google.
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The company has announced the beta program that Workspace administrators can sign up for through 20th January via a post on its blog post on Friday.
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Once the feature has been enabled and configured, users in a workspace will have another choice when they use Google's web-based version Gmail.
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By clicking on a padlock, users will allow them to enable an additional encryption option for the email.
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However, they'll need to sacrifice some of the features they want to use and include the option to utilize emojis or a signature. Smart Compose.
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Google claims that encryption for clients will be integrated into its Gmail application for Android and iOS "in an upcoming update."
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This is because "CSE is a component of Gmail that has been built upon S/MIME, an established technology for email." Richendrfer explained this to The Verge in an email.
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Google has been working on adding additional encryption features to Gmail for quite a while.
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In 2014, reports suggested that the company was working on end-to-end encryption for Gmail, but it's important to remember that client-side encryption isn't identical to what it is
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