Something you should do soon if you use Gmail

[WormTheRed]

And another “thank you” from me.

[Shodan]

Thanks very much for the heads-up.

Regards,
Shodan

[Oredigger77]

Another thanks! Also it was time to change my password so thanks for that reminder as well.

[Dervorin]

Danke. Not that I’m German, but it felt right.

[Sattua]

That slashdot link is no longer up, so I don’t know the gory details of why I switched to https, but… um… thanks?

[DaphneBlack]

Thanks very much indeed.

[Tripler]

Done!

Thanks again for the heads up! I didn’t want anyone to get access to the secret nuclear launch code, so I change my password to 1 . . 2. . 3. . 4. . and 5.

Much obliged!

Tripler
The fate of the free world is now secure.

[Punoqllads]

Thanks here, too.

@Tripler

I didn’t want anyone to get access to the secret nuclear launch code, so I change my password to 1 . . 2. . 3. . 4. . and 5.

Whoa. That’s a coincidence. I guess I ought to change the passcode on my bioweapons research bunker.

[rowrrbazzle]

The article linked to at Slashdot says it’s not a new vulnerability. Hungry-Hackers.com is for sale | HugeDomains

Perry mentioned that he notified Google about this situation over a year ago

If you don’t have the SSL option in your Gmail settings yet, the article says you can do this:

If you are logging in to your Gmail account from different locations and you would like to benefit from this option only when you are using unsecured networks, you can force it by manually typing https://mail.google.com before you log in.