Gmail's New Shielded Email Feature Lets Users Create Aliases for Email Privacy

[Passages]

Nov 18, 2024

Ravie Lakshmanan

Google appears to be readying a new feature called Shielded Email that allows users to create email aliases when signing up for online services and better combat spam.

The feature was first reported by Android Authority last week following a teardown of the latest version of Google Play Services for Android.

The idea is to create unique, single-use email addresses that forward the messages to the associated primary account, thereby preventing the need for providing the real email address when filling out forms or registering for new services online.
https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/shielded-email-googles-latest-tool-for.html?_m=3n%2e009a%2e3516%2eqb0ao44uux%2e2j5w

[thinkingagain]

1. Well nice if it really hides the email

Gmail has had the + part for emails for a while. Like Joe+DU@gmail
Yahoo does have a good one but it’s mostly for paid users
You make a base name and then add
Such as base name. Bubbly - DU @yahoo.
I like that better as it really hides your email
It also keeps a list for you. So you can remember them if you have lots.

Don’t know how apple or the others work.

Some sites give you a randomly generated name, problem is trying to remember those.

[Bristlecone]

2. Apple has had this for years. I rarely use it though

It’s called Hide your Email.

[dickthegrouch]

3. I hope there's no API associated with it

I’m getting vast numbers of three emails with the same subject line containing phishing content, from different outlook.com and Gmail domain names. Clearly API generated to avoid the report spam and phishing tools. Huge fail by outlook and Gmail.

[Passages]

4. I know, I worry about that too.