A lot of times we want to send certain information via email, but we’re afraid of being able to share it. Sensitive or confidential information, for example. Many service providers e-mail Offer the possibility of restricting forwarding or placing Self-destruct timer. Yes, like the messages Ethan Hunt received Mission: Impossible Or the inspector tool in famous cartoons. But without bangs and without the risk of burning your eyelashes.
Ethan Hunt, played by Tom Cruise, in Mission Impossible 2, moments before destroying himself for the message he received
Although other platforms offer the option, today we will talk about it gmailGoogle email provider. If we access our Gmail account from a computer, we can easily activate confidential mode. When writing an email below, a toolbar appears where, in addition to the various options for editing text, we can see a file lock logo with clock. This is the button that opens the secret mode menu.
Clock lock logo unlocks Gmail secret mode menu
In the Gmail secret mode menu, we give you two options: Configure a file Mail Expiry Or activate the password to unlock the email. The first option allows us to set a date to delete the sent email. From 24 hours to five years.
Gmail Confidential Mode Options
The password option allows us to encrypt the email in such a way that the password is necessary. Password to unlock it. Whether the recipient has a Gmail account or not, they can receive the password via email or SMS.
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