Apple's "Hide My Email" can reveal your real email — and Apple has known for over a year

Hide My Email is the Apple feature millions of families use to sign up for apps, stores, and newsletters without handing over their real address. A researcher, Tyler Murphy, found a flaw that could allow someone to discover a person's real email address behind the alias — he reported it to Apple in June 2025, and more than a year later it still isn't fixed, with Apple saying it is "still investigating." The story went public on July 2, which is why it's circulating now: the privacy switch people trusted has quietly not been doing its job.