Integrate encryption into Google Calendar with Firefox extensions
Today’s Web applications provide many
benefits for online storage, access, and collaboration. Although some applications offer
encryption of user data, most do not. This article provides tools and code needed to add
basic encryption support for user data in one of the most popular online calendar
applications. Building on the incredible flexibility of Firefox extensions and the Gnu
Privacy Guard, this article shows you how to store only encrypted event descriptions in
Google’s Calendar application, while displaying a plain text version to anyone with the
appropriate decryption keys.