Google has announced that starting today, a blue tick will be sent to Gmail. This feature, which is logged out for security, will allow users to understand whether companies sending emails to them are real accounts.
While mail scams continue to pose a great danger to users, today a move came from Google in this regard. The company now uses Gmail in a similar way to platforms like Twitter. blue tick announced that we will see
Google to verify senders of emails in 2021 Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) introduced the feature. This step, taken to ensure the security of emails, allowed companies to add their logos to Gmail. The blue tick, which debuted for companies today, has also increased the security measures.
Blue tick will let you know if emails are from real or fake accounts
In the screenshots shared by the technology giant, it is seen that the blue tick will be located right next to the senders of the e-mail. When you hover over this part, the e-mail sender’s “confirmed” is stated. Google added that companies that verify by adding their logo will automatically receive a blue tick.
This move of the company, users Are your emails real or a scam? It will be easier to understand whether it is purposeful or not. Considering the rapidly increasing cases of phishing, we can say that this move can be very useful in terms of security. A few weeks ago, we saw a very realistic email scam targeting people that looked like it came from YouTube.
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gmail, starting today started issuing blue ticks for both work and personal Google accounts. So in the coming days, many of us will see such verified accounts in our emails.
Source :
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/05/expanding-gmail-security-BIMI.html