[LINK] Wi-Fi hotspot .. access accounts via VPN or SSL

[andrew clarke]

On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 08:54:57PM +1000, andrew clarke wrote:

> I'm not sure about Facebook or the rest of Google, but Google Mail
> accounts can be used over an encrypted link using HTTPS.
> 
> https://www.gmail.com/
> 
> Google also provide an encrypted POP3 service for Gmail users.

Just a quick update to say that Google Reader also supports secure HTTP:

https://www.google.com/reader/

In theory this should mean that nobody (except Google) can intercept
your session and find out what articles you are reading.  Unless they
can see over your shoulder!

It looks like Facebook doesn't support secure HTTP, at least for now.

Also, in the mail quoted above I didn't mean to imply that Facebook was
operated by Google.

Regards
Andrew