Posted Jul 1, 2026 at 8:22 PM UTCEExternal LinkApple’s email-hiding feature is reportedly exposing real email addresses.Tyler Murphy, the co-founder of EasyOptOuts, tells 404 Media that he notified Apple about a bug in its Hide My Email feature more than a year ago, but it’s reportedly still not fixed. The vulnerability allows someone to obtain a person’s real email through the fake one generated by Apple’s tool, 404 Media reports.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Emma Roth
Apple’s email-hiding feature is reportedly exposing real email addresses.
Tyler Murphy, the co-founder of EasyOptOuts, tells 404 Media that he notified Apple about a bug in its Hide My Email feature more than a year ago, but it’s reportedly still not fixed. The vulnerability allows someone to obtain a person’s real email through the fake one generated by Apple’s tool, 404 Media reports. [Link: Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses | https://www.404media.co/apple-hide-my-email-vulnerability-reveals-peoples-real-email-addresses/ | 404 Media]
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