Gmail It is an indispensable tool for personal and professional communication, being one of the most popular services in the world. However, this same popularity makes it a target for cybercriminals, who use techniques like phishing and other frauds that represent a serious danger, since they seek steal personal and banking information.
To improve the protection of its users, Gmail implemented a check mark in its web version to know which emails are reliable and now this news reaches mobile phones. These security check signs in Gmail for Android and iOS They will arrive in the “coming weeks” for Google and Workspace users’ personal accounts.
Gmail’s security brand comes to Android and iOS
This blue check mark tells the user that the contact from whom the message arrives has been verified as a trusted entity and now they reach the apps of the Google and Apple operating system. This standard for indicators has been called by Google as “Brand Indicators for the Identification of Messages in Spanish“(BIMI for its acronym in English).
What it does is show the brand logo in the space of the Google avatar next to the name and address of the sender, that is, the image is of the contact property that sends the message and will show this instead of the generic letter your name begins with. Gmail will show the blue check mark in shippers that have adopted BIMI with a registered trademark.
According to 9to5Google, on mobile devices appears between the sender’s name and the date and, when you press, the following message will appear: “The sender of this email has verified who is the owner of (example. com) and the logo in the profile image.” Google states that “BIMI grants a additional layer of security for Gmail by requiring strong authentication and verification of logos before they are displayed in Gmail as avatars.”
