Apple's Hide My Email has an unpatched flaw allowing attackers to reveal real addresses behind aliases in ~5 minutes. In testing, 100% of aliases were exploitable—and Apple has known about it for over a year.

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Apple's Hide My Email feature, meant to protect users' real email addresses, has a serious flaw that lets attackers uncover the actual address behind an alias in about five minutes. Despite being reported over a year ago, the vulnerability remains unpatched, and in limited testing, 100% of Hide My Email addresses were exploitable.

Apple's Hide My Email feature may be exposing users' real addresses

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