Major Apple Bug Appears to Disclose All Real Emails for 'Hide My Email' Users
A not-so-small vulnerability in Apple's Hide My Email feature lets malicious actors see anyone's real email address, according to reports on Wednesday.
The co-founder of the Easy Opt Out service, Tyler Murphy, who spoke to 404 Media, said Apple has known about the problem for over a year but has not yet fixed the bug.
Hide My Email is an iCloud Plus service (starting at $1 per month), offering tools similar to any disposable or temporary email site. It lets you create an anonymized email address with the icloud.com domain for use when you don't want to share your real email address. The alias then expires after a set amount of time.
Such email aliases are common to ensure privacy when you sign up for new website or app accounts, test out coupons or download free versions of software or trial programs. If that service is...
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