Could be an April fool.
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I mean, the news must be posted. Even on April 1st haha.
If a Gmail user sends one of these emails to someone using, say, Outlook, they will be sent an email asking them if they want to see an encrypted message. Clicking a link will prompt recipients to re-authenticate their email account, granting temporary access via a restricted Gmail account to view and reply to the encrypted email.
?The initial “would you like to see this?” email in this case looks similar to a Docs/Sheets/Pages collaboration link, which may raise phishing concerns. It’s also something Google has considered, which is why a warning box above the link urges recipients to only click through if they fully trust the sender.
Something is telling me that this would inadvertently be a new phishing method. Like seriously? At least with Proton Mail or Tuta, there is no risk of login credentials being stolen since they make it clear that E2EE isn’t enabled by default through other mail providers. If that is needed, there is always the age-old classic openPGP method of sharing public keys.
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People thought Gmail was an April Fools joke lol.
Appears real
They probably saw the opportunity from Proton and wanted to eat into Protons business model.
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