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Apple Reverses Hide My Email Decision After User Backlash
Apple has reversed a decision that drew criticism from users and decided to keep the private email addresses created by Hide My Email on the @icloud.com domain. Hide My Email is a privacy feature for iCloud+ subscribers. The service allows users to register on websites without providing their real email addresses. The system creates a random, unique @icloud.com address for the user, and messages sent to that address are automatically forwarded to the user's primary email address.
One of the system's main advantages is that the generated addresses cannot easily be distinguished from ordinary iCloud email addresses. This makes it more difficult for websites to identify and block Hide My Email addresses. Earlier this year, Apple announced that it planned to move addresses created through Hide My Email from the @icloud.com domain to @private.icloud.com. However, users criticized the change on Reddit and other social platforms. In their view, using a separate domain could allow websites to easily identify Hide My Email addresses and reject them during registration. This would weaken one of the service's main privacy benefits. The company has now abandoned its earlier decision. In a statement on Monday, Apple confirmed that Hide My Email addresses will remain on the @icloud.com domain. Apple has not officially explained why the decision was changed. According to Daring Fireball author John Gruber, some Apple employees also opposed the plan to switch to the @private.icloud.com domain.
One of the system's main advantages is that the generated addresses cannot easily be distinguished from ordinary iCloud email addresses. This makes it more difficult for websites to identify and block Hide My Email addresses. Earlier this year, Apple announced that it planned to move addresses created through Hide My Email from the @icloud.com domain to @private.icloud.com. However, users criticized the change on Reddit and other social platforms. In their view, using a separate domain could allow websites to easily identify Hide My Email addresses and reject them during registration. This would weaken one of the service's main privacy benefits. The company has now abandoned its earlier decision. In a statement on Monday, Apple confirmed that Hide My Email addresses will remain on the @icloud.com domain. Apple has not officially explained why the decision was changed. According to Daring Fireball author John Gruber, some Apple employees also opposed the plan to switch to the @private.icloud.com domain.