Gmail is about to start testing verification-like logos for email – Engadget

Google has revealed a variety of security improvements headed for G Suite services, consisting of some weve heard about like admin changes for Google Meet, however among the biggest statements is everything about Gmail. In 2015 Google revealed it joined the Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) group (Verizon Media, the parent company of Engadget, is also a part of the group), which is pressing an email specification that includes brand logos to verified emails.
In practice it seems a lot like the confirmed stamps that have actually proliferated throughout social media, however when you see them it will not be a blue check, it will be the logo design of the company the sent out the e-mail, as shown above with CNN. E-mails are authenticated utilizing the existing DMARC system and then theres certification that uses the associated logo, which ideally offers people trust an e-mail came from the company or person its declaring to represent.