Google is letting businesses try out client-side encryption for Gmail

The extra privacy does come at the cost of a few features. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Google has launched a beta of its client-side encryption for Gmail, letting businesses apply to test out the feature meant to make sensitive data" and attachments unreadable even to Google. The company announced the beta, which Workspace administrators can sign up for until January 20th, in a blog post on Friday.

Once the feature is enabled and set up for a workspace's users, they'll have an additional option when using the web version of Gmail. Clicking on a padlock will let them choose to turn on additional encryption for the message, though they will have to give up some features to do so, including the ability to use emoji, a signature, and Smart Compose. Google says client-side encryption will be added to its Gmail app for Android...

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