Google unveils end-to-end messages for Gmail. Only thing is: It’s not true E2EE.

Google unveils end-to-end messages for Gmail. Only thing is: It’s not true E2EE.

When Google announced Tuesday that end-to-end encrypted messages were coming to Gmail for business users, some people balked, noting it wasn’t true E2EE as the term is known in privacy and security circles. Others wondered precisely how it works under the hood. Here’s a description of what the new service does and doesn’t do, as well as some of the basic security that underpins it. When Google uses the term E2EE in this context, it means that an…

Google adds an end-to-end encryption system for professional Gmail users. This new feature marks a new step towards better security for organizations that use Gmail. Only, it is not strictly a sensu encryption from end to end. With this feature, the encryption and decryption process takes place on end-users' devices. But the keys are centrally managed by their organization.