OyaYansa Posted August 12, 2017 Posted August 12, 2017 In recent times the Mountain View have included new security measures in Gmail to avoid phishing attacks such as suffered a few months ago by its customers, and after instituting an anti-phishing service in Android Gmail, now comes the security measure To the application of iOS following the same mechanics of operation. This verification system against phishing in Gmail is a step further so that users can interact with their email within a more secure ecosystem knowing in advance if the links they receive in their emails are safe or dangerous. With this anti-phishing system in Gmail iOS the user will be able to protect themselves from attacks of third parties that make use of flashy emails to pass through other organizations or people and thus attack the user. The operation of the Gmail anti-phishing system in iOS is very simple and is the same as the one we already have in the Android application. When we receive an email with a link that the system considers dangerous we will be warned by the application of its danger. If we decide to go ahead and click on the link, we will enter a gateway where we will be warned of the possible danger before taking the next step and proceed to the destination of the link. It should be clarified that not all the links that Gmail considers dangerous are really so, and that is why it is left to the free choice of the user to proceed or not to the destination of the same. However you have to be cautious about it and never enter links from unknown or suspicious recipients that come from contacts that we know. This security measure for Gmail is one more step for the user to have a totally safe use experience.
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