Apple Resolves Security Flaw in Hide My Email Service Exposing Real Email Addresses

Apple addressed a security flaw in its Hide My Email service that allowed real email addresses to be exposed through mail logs, undermining privacy protections. The vulnerability, disclosed over a year ago, was finally patched in July 2026, while a class-action lawsuit alleges Apple misrepresented the feature's privacy guarantees.

Apple has moved to address a security flaw in its Hide My Email service that enabled users' real email addresses to be unmasked, effectively undermining the feature's privacy guarantees.

404 Media reported Tuesday that a fix for the issue was deployed by Apple on July 3, 2026, after more than a year, when it was disclosed to the company by Tyler Murphy, co-founder of EasyOptOuts.

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