Apple’s Hide My Email flaw reveals your real address ‘in five minutes’

Your email isn’t that hidden, apparently (Picture: Getty/Metro)

A popular tool on iPhones and other Apple devices that hides emails has a flaw that reveals users’ personal addresses, researchers claim.

Hide My Email creates disposable @icloud.com email addresses made from random letters and numbers.

The identity tool, available for Cloud+ subscribers, is designed to ‘keep your personal email address private’, according to Apple.

But researchers from the digital privacy firm EasyOptOuts found flaws in Hide My Email, which they Read Entire Article