How
to Encrypt Google Calender
A while back I posted that I switched to
Google Calendar for managing my
schedule, and I showed how I dumped a batch of dates into a calendar to get
started: Add a batch of dates to
Google Calendar. I've been using it every day now for two months, and it
simply blows away every other online calendar I've used. I'm sharing dates and
times with sk, keeping track of project milestones, birthdays, and holidays all
in one space.
With all of this personal data flying around, I think it's important to use a
secure connection when I connect to Google Calendar. Google offers an
SSL connection,
but they don't encourage it. In fact, even if you change your Google Calendar
bookmark URL to https, you'll often be redirected to a plain old http
connection. boo, Google! That's why I've found Mark Pilgrim's
GMail Secure
Greasemonkey script invaluable. It's built to force a secure connection for
GMail, but the script itself is so generic
that it works for other sites. Here's how to get the script working with Google
Calendar:
- Install
GMail Secure
- Choose Tools
-> Manage User Scripts... from the Firefox
menu
- Highlight GMailSecure, and click Add next to Included Pages
- Add two entries:
http://google.com/calendar*
http://www.google.com/calendar*
- Click OK to close
With this script installed, I know my connection with Google Calendar will be
secure no matter how I get there. (And as a bonus, my GMail account is secured
as well.) Sure, Google knows where I'll be at all times, but at least no one in
the middle will.
Thanks to
http://www.onfocus.com/2006/06/3810 for this how-to.