{"id":371365,"date":"2026-07-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=371365"},"modified":"2026-07-01T07:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:00:08","slug":"apple-hide-my-email-flaw-reportedly-remains-unfixed-a-year-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/apple-hide-my-email-flaw-reportedly-remains-unfixed-a-year-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Hide My Email flaw reportedly remains unfixed a year later"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple\u2019s Hide My Email<\/a>, the iCloud+<\/a> feature that lets you create email aliases, still appears to have a privacy flaw<\/strong> that could connect an alias back to a real address. Researcher Tyler Murphy reported it in June 2025, and more than a year later, the issue still hasn\u2019t been fixed.<\/p>\n\n

Apple has reportedly acknowledged the flaw. Beyond that, not much is public. The details are being withheld, so it\u2019s still unclear how easy the bug is to exploit, whether it requires any user interaction<\/strong>, or how many people it could affect.<\/p>\n\n

If you use Hide My Email for anything beyond filtering spam, pay attention<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

A leaked alias can apparently be tied back to your identity through data brokers<\/a><\/strong> and people-search services. That matters a lot if the point is to avoid harassment, stalking, or doxxing.<\/p>\n\n

And this isn\u2019t some edge-case feature. Apple bundles Hide My Email with iCloud+, you can use it for sign-ups, and about 55%<\/strong> of iOS Mail users had it turned on in 2023. It\u2019s useful, sure, but it shouldn\u2019t be mistaken for real anonymity. Apple has also provided account-linked data in response to legal requests.<\/p>\n\n

Hide My Email works through iCloud+ on Apple devices and on the web. New aliases are also expected to shift to @private.icloud.com<\/strong>, a change critics say could make those addresses easier to spot or block, so until Apple patches this, you may want to think twice about how much protection the feature really gives you.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apple\u2019s Hide My Email, the iCloud+ feature that lets you create email aliases, still appears to have a privacy flaw that could connect an alias back to a real address. Researcher Tyler Murphy reported it in June 2025, and more than a year later, the issue still hasn\u2019t been fixed. Apple has reportedly acknowledged the … Continue reading “Apple Hide My Email flaw reportedly remains unfixed a year later”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":371364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-371365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t