Subj : Google is working on its own version of Apples Hide My Email, and
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Mon Mar 03 2025 20:30:09

Google is working on its own version of Apples Hide My Email, and you might 
soon be able to try it yourself

Date:
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:28:00 +0000

Description:
Google is reportedly working on a new Shielded Email feature that will hide 
your email address when signing up for accounts, similar to the existing Hide 
My Email feature offered by Apple.

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is working on a new Shielded Email feature, similar to Apple's Hide My Email 
The new tool hides your main email address from service providers when 
creating accounts There's no release date yet, but testers have been able to 
activate the feature pre-release 

If youre anything like me, your Gmail inbox has slowly filled with 
promotions, pointless updates, and newsletters from accounts you probably 
never use, simply because you use the same email address for logging in as 
you do for actually writing and receiving emails. 

Luckily, Google appears to be taking steps to remedy this annoying issue by 
taking some inspiration from its long-time competitor, Apple. 

The new Shielded Email feature for Android phones creates an alias when 
signing up for new accounts, immediately issuing a new single-use or 
limited-use email address to use in the sign-up process. 

The feature was successfully enabled pre-release by Android Authority which 
reports that the new tool exists as part of Googles autofill features, 
alongside the same pop-ups that appear at the top of your keyboard to 
automatically type out phone numbers, credit card information, and addresses. 

Emails sent to an alias address are automatically forwarded to your main 
email address, which you can turn off at any point. Using an alias address 
creates a buffer between you and the service provider, which means fewer 
people have their hands on your main email. 

That buffer also means bad actors can be easily removed from your inbox 
without having to jump through hoops: you dont even have to block or 
unsubscribe from these emails to get them to stop showing up. Itll also make 
your online presence harder to track, as your identity will be largely hidden 
from data collectors who seek to build an image of your activity across 
various sites and platforms  easily done if you're using the same email 
address in multiple places. 

As mentioned, Shielded Email is effectively the same tool as Apples Hide My 
Email, and seeks to offer a very similar result  though given how much 
inspiration the best iPhones have taken from the best Android phones over the 
years, Im sure we can let Google off this time. Theres no release date yet, 
though. 

What do you think of this new feature? Would you use Shielded email, or do 
you not care so much about your digital footprint? Let us know in the 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/phones/android/google-is-working-on-its-own-version-
of-apples-hide-my-email-and-you-might-soon-be-able-to-try-it-yourself


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