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Apple’s Hide My Email feature is a convenient privacy tool that uses disposable addresses to hide a user’s true email for the sake of online anonymity. Unfortunately, new research appears to show that a bug in the feature allows users’ real email addresses to be unmasked. …
Class action accuses Apple of misleading users about Hide My Email’s privacy protections Marcus Mendes | Jul 16 2026 - 11:06 am PT | Jul 16 2026 - 11:06 am PT A California Apple user has filed a proposed class action accusing the company of misleading customers about Hide My Email’s privacy protect… …
Apple Sat On 'Hide My Email' Flaw Leaking Real iCloud Addresses For Over A Year by Chris Harper — Thursday, July 02, 2026, 02:42 PM EDT Since the introduction of premium iCloud+ in 2021, Apple has offered a privacy-centric feature for its users dubbed Hide My Email. …
… Read more: Win a New Apple Watch in CNET Big Guessing Game Contest The Hide My Email feature, which lets you generate a temporary, anonymized email address with the iCloud.com domain, is often used to protect privacy when signing up for subscriptions or logging into new or unverified websites. …
… Many email providers offer this functionality, and so does Apple's basic paid iCloud plan with the Hide My Email feature. But apparently Apple's implementation of the feature is trivial to crack — which means anyone can find your real email address with little effort, according to 404 Media . …
… The company originally introduced Hide My Email as a way to generate dummy email addresses for added privacy in 2021. …
… However, a newly disclosed vulnerability just revealed that this privacy feature isn’t so private after all, leaving a way for attackers to completely uncover your actual email address. For those unfamiliar, Hide My Email is one of the built-in perks that comes with a paid iCloud account. …
Apple’s plan to change a privacy feature that lets paying customers hide their real email addresses when creating online accounts could make it easier for apps and websites to block anonymous sign-ups. …
… Reporting from 404 Media this week revealed that a vulnerability in the system has made it possible, for at least a year, for people’s real email addresses to be uncovered when they are using Apple’s privacy service. “Apple Hide My Email is leaking email addresses that are supposed to be hidden,” s… …
iCloud user learns ‘Hide My Email’ privacy does not apply to serious threats Marcus Mendes | Mar 26 2026 - 3:01 pm PT | Mar 26 2026 - 3:01 pm PT 404 Media reports that Apple provided the FBI with the identity of a user after he sent a threatening email to the FBI director’s girlfriend. …
