Yahoo Does A Google, Will Use Only Encrypted HTTPS

In view of Edward Snowden's shocking revelations disclosing classified documents regarding global surveillance by the US National Security Agency, Yahoo has now gone up to shore up its security efforts. Yahoo will now encrypt all information within the confines of its data centers while simultaneously giving users the option to use encryption for all of its online services.

Yahoo took to its Tumblr page to announce that data center traffic is now fully encrypted. Further, users can also encrypt Yahoo News, Sports, Finance and other services by manually adding HTTPS before the site's URL. Meanwhile, Yahoo is gearing up to launch a slew of new security features in the days to come. "Our fight to protect our users and their data is an on-going and critical effort." revealed Yahoo. An encrypted build of Yahoo Messenger is expected to be released later this year. 

Earlier, Google took a few crucial steps to make its popular Gmail service snoop-proof, much to the relief of countless users around the world. While it did not point a straight finger at the NSA, it did say that internet privacy is a growing necessity in times like these, especially after Snowden's shocking disclosure. As a measure to make Gmail more safe and secure for users, Google has brought about two key changes in how the service functions.

To begin with, Gmail will now always use encrypted HTTPS connection, a step that will cease possible eavesdropping while using the service. No matter what device you're on (PC, smartphone, tablet etc) or what network you're using to access the internet (private or public), all data exchange between you and the Gmail servers will be cent per cent safe from prying eyes at all times. Secondly, Google will encrypt each and every message that you send/recieve to ensure that your messages are safe while moving between you, the Gmail servers and between Google’s massive data centers. Thanks to this, government authorities (read, NSA) will not be able to spy on you via surveillance programmes like PRISM.