Google introduces a new drag-and-drop contact feature in the Gmail Android app, simplifying the process of adding email recipients and enhancing security by reducing the risk of accidental exposure of email addresses.
It’s too easy to imagine that any security update worth making is going to involve something complex, and more often than not, that leaves the user experience more convoluted than before. The best security updates, however, are the ones that make usability easier rather than more cumbersome.an incredibly simple new feature that is coming to the Gmail Android app
, and it’s one that truly deserves the security surprise label as you might be forgiven for thinking it’s just another ease-of-use tweak. Here’s what you need to know about the changes to how you send CC and BCC emails using Gmail on Android will impact your security posture.
Yes, seriously, that’s it. I told you it was both simple and surprising. Now let me explain why it’s also a security update for the hundreds of millions of people who use Gmail on an Android device.Why Sending A Carbon Copy Can Be A Security Issue, And How Gmail Will Make It Less Likely To Happen Mistakes made when sending a carbon copy or blind carbon copy of an email can be embarrassing at the best of times and a security risk at the worst. As a journalist, I have lost count of the number of times that a media relations agency has mistakenly sent a copy of a press release using the CC function rather than the BCC one. This isn’t a huge problem apart from the fact that it then “publishes” the email addresses of everyone on the list to everyone else on it which can have huge.
The bonus here, and it really is a bonus when talking any kind of security implication, is that the new system is also a usability update that makes Gmail easier to use. Boom. Double whammy win.The new drag-and-drop functionality for the Gmail Android app has started to roll out now, and Google said that it should be complete before Dec. 14 to all users of Gmail, including personal accounts.Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations.
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