Apple Fixes Hide My Email Bug That Exposed Real Addresses in Mail Logs
Apple Fixes Hide My Email Bug That Exposed Real Addresses in Mail Logs
21 July 2026
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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