While email scams continue to pose a major threat to users, Google took a step in this regard today. The company now uses Gmail in a similar way to platforms like Twitter. blue check mark announced that we will see

Google will start verifying email senders in 2021 Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) introduced the feature. This step, taken to ensure the security of emails, allowed companies to add their logos to Gmail. The blue tick, which debuted today for companies, has also increased security measures.

A blue check lets you know if emails come from real or fake accounts

In the screenshots shared by the tech giant, you can see that the blue check mark is right next to the email senders. When you hover over this section, the email sender “confirmed” will be mentioned. Google added that companies that verify by adding their logo will automatically get a blue check mark.

This move of the company, users Are your emails real or a scam? It will be easier to understand whether it has a purpose or not. Given the rapidly increasing cases of phishing, we can say that this step can be very useful in terms of security. A few weeks ago, we saw a very realistic email scam targeting people that looked like it came from YouTube.

gmail, starting today started issuing blue check marks for both work and personal Google accounts. So in the coming days many of us will see such verified accounts in our emails.