This is so incredibly stupid and irresponsible on so many levels.
Beyond obvious lock-in "Gmail Confidential Mode" tells users SMS is secure (it isn't), teaches users they can prevent message printing (they can't), and teaches users to open links in emails from strangers to then put in their Google credentials to view the message!
Was anyone on the Google Security team given a chance to look at this before it got shoved out there? I know there are people at Google smarter than this.
This is a massive setback in educating users about actually useful security measures.
Beyond obvious lock-in "Gmail Confidential Mode" tells users SMS is secure (it isn't), teaches users they can prevent message printing (they can't), and teaches users to open links in emails from strangers to then put in their Google credentials to view the message!
Was anyone on the Google Security team given a chance to look at this before it got shoved out there? I know there are people at Google smarter than this.
This is a massive setback in educating users about actually useful security measures.