I use most of the Google applications like GMail, Calendar and Docs on a regular basis.  I usually access the applications by using a gadget in iGoogle and therefore the links are not secure.

Well there is simple way to ensure you always have a secure connection:

• Mozilla Firefox
• Greasemonkey (Firefox addon)
• GMailSecure Script (Greasemonkey script)

Downloading and installing Firefox is pretty straightforward.  The next step is to install the Greasemonkey addon which you can access from the link above.    Now go to the GMailSecure link and click “Install the Script” located in the upper right hand corner of the web page:

By default the GMailSecure script only secures connections to GMail (http://mail.google.com).  Whenever you go to http://mail.google.com it rewrites the url using javascript to https://mail.google.com But you can easily modify the addon to include Google Docs and Google Calendar. By adding the following entries:

• http://docs.google.com
• http://www.google.com/calendar

To do this select Tools>Greasemonkey>Manage User Scripts in Firefox and add the above entries:

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