Re: Wi Fi Hacking & VPN (Watchdog)
 

Worth noting is that GMail's POP and IMAP are also encrypted. So even using a mail reader like Thunderbird would be "secure". Then you can add encryption/signing to the email client (Enigmail/PGP) to further secure your communications.

Re: Wi Fi Hacking & VPN (Watchdog)
 

Last I checked you could choose whether or not to use an encrypted connection to the Google servers, if they're now forcing that then that's great - people should always check on their own systems though to make sure they're set up to use the encrypted connections.

Re: Wi Fi Hacking & VPN (Watchdog)
 

Gmail is still optional, I'm not sure all of the session is encrypted or just the initial connection even with HTTPS

JJ

Re: Wi Fi Hacking & VPN (Watchdog)
 

I have just typed in gmail.com, and a https address comes up. (but then, I have chosen the option to always use https (doh!)).

Re: Wi Fi Hacking & VPN (Watchdog)
 

That's good, looks like they've changed this to be the default now then for web logins.