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Brave Browser now hides email address when filling out registration forms
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Brave Browser now hides email address when filling out registration forms

The Brave browser has received a new feature that allows users to not provide their real email address when registering on various websites. This feature generates an alias that receives and forwards messages.

To activate this tool, a Brave account linked to a real email address is required. When filling out a form, the browser offers to create an email alias. An alternative method of use is right-clicking and selecting the corresponding menu item.

After this, Brave creates an address consisting of random words and numbers using the domain @bravealias.com. All messages sent to this address are automatically forwarded to the user's real mailbox.

The developer of Brave provides several arguments in favor of using Brave Alias, which are related to security and privacy issues. The company states that it does not read the content of messages passing through its service, applying only a filter against spam and viruses, and also does not store this data.

Nevertheless, the company warns that since the @bravealias.com domain is new, there is a risk that some forwarded messages may be flagged as spam by the real address's mail provider.

Brave provides five aliases for free to use in registrations. These aliases can be reused for different services, although developers recommend having a separate address for each company. In the future, subscribers to the paid Premium plan will be able to create more such fake addresses.

If a user does not want to change browsers to access similar functions, there are various alternatives, according to TechCrunch.

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Apple abandons plan to change Hide My Email domain due to negative criticism
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Apple abandons plan to change Hide My Email domain due to negative criticism

Apple has decided to reverse the planned change to the email domain associated with the Hide My Email feature. With this withdrawal, the addresses generated by this privacy function will retain the @icloud.com suffix, which is the same used in the company's standard email accounts.

This change was reversed after receiving a series of criticisms in June. Initially, the manufacturer intended to standardize the addresses generated by both Hide My Email and the 'Sign in with Apple' button under the new @private.icloud.com domain. This unification raised concerns that it might facilitate the identification and blocking of these accounts by various services.

Hide My Email is a privacy feature available on iCloud+ plans that allows users to create temporary email addresses for use in website registrations, online purchases, or form filling.

The main concern for users was that by establishing an exclusive suffix for masked emails, the company could open the door for developers and website administrators to implement automatic filters designed to reject accounts with the new termination. Such a scenario could force the user to disclose their personal data.

Keeping the @icloud.com domain avoids such practices, as a platform would have to ban the entire company email ecosystem, which would prevent legitimate users with common iCloud accounts from registering.

In an official statement, Apple confirmed the cancellation of the modification after conducting 'additional consideration and review of community feedback.'

Despite the retreat regarding Hide My Email, the transition will continue to be implemented for automated registrations made through the 'Sign in with Apple' button. Starting at the end of this year, protected accounts created during the login process will be issued under the @private.icloud.com domain.

The company emphasizes that addresses created before the change will continue to operate normally, forwarding messages without any service interruption. To prevent any compatibility issues in receiving mail, Apple recommends that developers update their systems and websites to accept both versions of the addresses.

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