{"id":1730,"date":"2010-05-21T09:15:01","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T08:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.intego.com\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2012-12-12T13:57:57","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T21:57:57","slug":"apple-updates-mobileme-making-it-more-secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/apple-updates-mobileme-making-it-more-secure\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Updates MobileMe, Making It More Secure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple has updated its online service MobileMe, adding some new features<\/a>, but especially improving security with all of the web-based apps. The change is the addition of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), a function used to provide encrypted communications between a user’s web browser and a remote server. Users will find that, when they load a page for a MobileMe app, the URL begins with https rather than http. This, together with the padlock icon in the browser, show that communications are secure.<\/p>\n

This means that when a user writes an e-mail in their browser using MobileMe Mail, the content of the e-mail is sent to the server encrypted, and cannot be sniffed by anyone able to intercept network communications, either locally (such as near a wifi hotspot) or on other servers between the browser and the MobileMe server.<\/p>\n

This is the case for all of MobileMe’s features, including Address Book, iCal, Gallery and iDisk, as well as access to the services preferences and settings.<\/p>\n

MobileMe also provides a password strength indicator to help users create secure passwords in their account settings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apple has updated its online service MobileMe, adding some new features, but especially improving security with all of the web-based apps. The change is the addition of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), a function used to provide encrypted communications between a user’s web browser and a remote server. Users will find that, when they load a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[3151,89],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n