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I never understood why that was. I use https://mail.google.com https://mail.google.com to login and it sticks with https.
by mwerty 18y ago
I never understood why that was. I use https://mail.google.com https://mail.google.com to login and it sticks with https.
- rufo 18y agoThat's what he means by "forcing it" - if you specifically type https://mail.google.com/ https://mail.google.com/ Gmail will encrypt the entire session; if you just go to http://mail.google.com/ http://mail.google.com/ or (more commonly) www.gmail.com it uses SSL for authentication, then switches you back to unencrypted HTTP for the rest of your session.