We are no strangers to deceptive email messages that ask for sensitive information or credentials. Gmail introduced anti-phishing security checks for its Android app back in May. And Now, the company has rolled out the same on iOS as well.

Gmail’s iOS app just got a bit more secure, thanks to the new warning message that will show up in case one bumps into a suspicious link in any of their email messages. As the company puts it:

“When you click on a suspicious link in a Gmail message on your iPhone or iPad, we’ll show the warning below. We recommend that you use caution before proceeding, because the link is likely unsafe”

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In case Google considers the link not only suspicious but dangerous as well, the user will instead be shown the following page after clicking on the link.

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These warnings intend to protect users from getting into the trap of phishing scammers.

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