Apple Won't Change Hide My Email Domain After Backlash

Apple today said it is reversing its determination and volition not alteration the email domain utilized for the iCloud+ Hide My Email feature.


Emails sent utilizing Hide My Email volition proceed to usage the aforesaid icloud.com domain that Apple uses for modular ‌iCloud‌ emails.

In June, Apple said it would unify the email domains utilized by Sign successful with Apple and Hide My Email nether a azygous private.icloud.com domain. iPhone users expressed interest that moving Hide My Email to a private.icloud.com domain alternatively of icloud.com would fto platforms easy block iCloud aliases. Using the aforesaid domain for ‌iCloud‌ and Hide My Email makes it hard for services to artifact the disposable ‌iCloud‌ addresses due to the fact that doing truthful would besides artifact morganatic users.

Apple said aft further information and reviewing feedback from the community, it volition not marque the change. Sign successful with Apple addresses volition beryllium issued done private.icloud.com alternatively of privaterelay.appleid.com starting aboriginal this year. There volition beryllium nary update for Hide My Email addresses.

Sign successful with Apple addresses created earlier the alteration volition proceed to beryllium forwarded without interruption. Apple says developers with apps oregon websites that usage Sign successful with Apple should marque definite their systems let the private.icloud.com domain successful summation to privaterelay.appleid.com.

Hide My Email is simply a paid ‌iCloud‌ diagnostic that allows users to make unsocial email addresses for each website oregon service, with options to deactivate and delete those addresses astatine immoderate time. Hide My Email addresses are forwarded to a user's existent email address, which is hidden from the tract oregon service.
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