Janet Haven

Onfocus has a post on how to secure Google Calendar (and Gmail) automatically. You can do this by hand each time you go to the sites by entering an "s" after the http (i.e., https:), but by installing the user script Onfocus suggests in Mozilla Firefox, you can ensure that your connection is secure each time you visit the sites. Hooray.

Note, though, that this doesn't mean that your calendar and email data is secure from Google: goodness, no. They can peak at it whenever they like. What it does mean is that the man in the middle (between your computer and Google's servers) doesn't have access to your data. While in the West this may not be such a big deal (or it may, regrettably), these kinds of simple-to-install automatic services are increasingly useful for users in countries where surveillance is more likely to be the norm. For those looking for quick-and-dirty information security (imperfect but better than nothing), this is a good thing to keep on tap.