From now on Google Users can digitally sign their e-mailmessages. Google claims to be the first to offer this service for free.
De technology used by Google voor this electronic signature services is called DKIM, DomainKeys Identitfied Mail. It is not entirely new. Google started using DKIM from 2008 to certify incoming messages from both Paypal and Ebay. That’s because these services are and have been used for phishing attempts, creating a need for reliable identification.
From now on From now on all Google Users can digitally sign their e-mailmessages with DKIM. This new feature brings about the advantage that signed e-mailmessages will no longer be marked as spam, because receivers can rely on the authenticity of origin.
Google claims to be the first to offer this DKIM signing service for free. At least that’s what they claim.
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