gHacks technology news » gmail sign in http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:14:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Gmail Sign In http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/02/gmail-sign-in/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/02/gmail-sign-in/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:45:52 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=9567 One of the main questions for privacy and security interested Gmail users is whether they should stay signed in or log out whenever they leave the Gmail website. A Gmail Sign In works for quite some time until the user signs out when leaving the website.

The main problem that privacy interested users have is that Google will recognize them when they use other Google services especially Google Search which can be used to create extensive user profiles. This becomes more difficulty if the user is not signed into a Google service as Google can only rely on cookies or IPs to identify users.

The sign in link is shown in the upper right corner if the user is not signed in a Google service and the mail of the user if the user is still signed in.

There have also been talks about Gmail security vulnerabilities which Google promptly denied. Fact is, there have been several incidents where filters have been set in Gmail accounts of experienced users. Those filters have been used to transfer web domains to other registrars.

Additional Resources:

90 Tools To Make You A Gmail Pro
Gmail Backup
Gmail Mail Notifier

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