On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 1:09 PM, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
Is that how Facebook™ or Google™ operate, sending every single component via HTTPS?
No. Only the vital personal settings, password stuff is done that way.
As for not letting people know what pages you are browsing, well, I don't now. Does Google™ offer a way to not let wiretapping people know what pages you are searching? Probably. We Geritol™ Generation users aren't exactly sure to tell you the truth.
As a point of counterargument:
My current mail session is https://mail.google.com/mail/?(deleted)
I have no mixed-mode warnings on the page.
So - Google *does* in fact do this for you, if you want, for apps which are sensitive enough.