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Apple's Hide My Email may not be hiding anything
Key takeaways
- A vulnerability can reportedly connect real email addresses to anonymous ones.
- We've reached out to Apple for comment, and will update this article if we hear back.
- The issue was uncovered by the team at EasyOptOuts, and according to CEO Tyler Murphy, the group contacted Apple about the issue and how to replicate it a year ago.
A vulnerability can reportedly connect real email addresses to anonymous ones.
Dontree_M/Shutterstock Hide My Email may not be keeping your personal information fully private. This feature is an option i Cloud+ subscribers can use to create an anonymous email address rather than using their own contact info. It's used as a workaround to avoid spam and data trackers, or simply to keep personal information safe against potential future data breaches. However, according to a report by 404 Media, there is a vulnerability with this feature that allows hackers to connect users' real email contacts to the ones created by Apple.
We've reached out to Apple for comment, and will update this article if we hear back.
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