Apple Gives FBI a User's Real Name Hidden Behind 'Hide My Email' Feature
cdrnsf
15 points
3 comments
March 26, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
mimsee
I didn't know you could SEND mail with Hide My Email feature, but apparently this is a feature directly in the Mail app. Tapping the From in the mail compose screen opens a dropdown of possible addresses to use or create a new one with Hide My Email.
usui
Hilarious that someone would go to the length of creating 134 anonymized email addresses, but all of them using the same Apple account. Might as well have put in the effort for actual anonymous email addresses.
KomoD
That was... entirely expected.