Privacy Bug

Apple’s Hide My Email Bug Can Reveal Your Real Address — What to Do Now A security report published this week details a bug in Apple’s Hide My Email feature that can expose your actual email address to third parties under certain conditions. The issue appears to have existed for about a year, and it affects anyone who uses iCloud+ and relies on the service to keep their real inbox hidden. Here’s what we know and what you can do in the meantime. ...

Apple’s Hide My Email Has a Bug That Reveals Your Real Address — Here’s What to Do If you use Apple’s Hide My Email feature to keep your real inbox private, a newly reported bug may have been quietly undermining that protection. Security publication SC Media disclosed on July 2 that a flaw in the iCloud+ service, present for roughly a year, can expose your actual iCloud email address when you send messages through the system. ...

Apple’s Hide My Email Bug Exposes Your Real Address: What to Do Now A year‑old bug in Apple’s Hide My Email feature may leak your actual email address when you forward messages. Here’s what the problem is, how to check if you’re affected, and what you can do to protect your privacy until Apple issues a fix. ...

Apple’s Hide My Email bug may expose your real address — what to do now If you use Apple’s Hide My Email feature to keep your personal inbox private, a recently disclosed bug might have undone that protection without you noticing. According to a report from SC Media on July 2, 2026, the flaw has existed for at least a year and can reveal your actual email address when you reply to a message forwarded through the service. Apple has not yet publicly acknowledged the bug or released a fix, so users need to take some steps on their own for now. ...

Apple’s Hide My Email Bug Can Leak Your Real Address — Here’s What to Do Apple’s Hide My Email feature, introduced with iCloud+ in 2021, is designed to let you generate random email addresses that forward to your real inbox. It’s a handy tool for signing up for newsletters, services, or one-time use accounts without exposing your personal email. But according to a report from SC Media published July 2, 2026, a bug in the feature has been present for about a year and can, under certain conditions, reveal your actual email address instead of the alias. ...