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Apple Reverses Plan to Undermine Email Privacy Feature

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Apple has reversed a planned change to its Hide My Email privacy feature that would have revealed masked email addresses to websites. The company had intended to shift new Hide My Email addresses to a new @private.icloud.com domain, which could have allowed websites to identify and potentially block them. This decision was met with internal objections and user backlash, leading Apple to abandon the change. While new Sign in with Apple addresses will still use the @private.icloud.com domain, this does not pose a privacy risk as the service inherently identifies the user's Apple account. AI

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Apple Reverses Plan to Undermine Email Privacy Feature

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  1. Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Will Shanklin) ·

    Apple decides undermining its own email privacy feature was a bad idea after all

    Apple decides undermining its own email privacy feature was a bad idea after all.

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