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

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.

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A security flaw in Apple's Hide My Email service has been addressed, following a reported issue where users' real email addresses were exposed in Mail logs. The bug, which was disclosed to Apple over a year ago, allowed users' actual email addresses to be unmasked, undermining the feature's intended privacy protections.

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