How to send highly confidential emails from Gmail

Confidentiality is an aspect that has been slowly reevaluated on the web. And, in recent months, the issue of security and privacy has been very controversial because we are in a period of transition between the old and the "new" way of exposing our information on the Internet.

The sending of emails has always had a private character as it is an action carried out between two or more people, but under different protocols concerning the applications of chat in social networks , for example. For years, people have preferred to have conversations this way and brands still use them to spread their message to potential customers.

But if you want to send really confidential emails via Gmail, one of the most used services in the world, then you should know that now this platform allows you to add a new layer of security to the messages you are going to send.

What is it?

First of all, we must emphasize that this novelty in Gmail does not imply any complex configuration to realize. It does not require either the download of an official extension or a third party, but only the selection of an option when sending the email.

This option adds a kind of protection that will give a lot of privacy to emails, it can only be read by the recipient and nothing else

How does it work?

When we write a message and we want to send it, next to the "Send" button there will be a set of icons including a padlock. If we want to make the mail more secure, we must click on this icon to configure the confidentiality of the message.

In the window that opens, we can change the mail expiration date, until the day it should be valid before disappearing from the recipient's inbox. This period can go from one day to five years. A custom date can not be set.

We could also limit access to the mail using a verification code, which will reach the recipient's smartphone so that he can open the mail. For this you must, of course, enter the person's number.

Save the configuration and we can give way to sending the mail.

If you make a mistake in the email address and you want to cancel the sending of the confidential email, you can do it The backup created by default message. There you will have to choose "Delete Access" to prevent the person from opening the mail. If you regret it, you can "Renew access".

There is no doubt that many will take advantage of this fantastic new feature of Gmail.