Apple Fixes Hide My Email Vulnerability After 404 Media Coverage
- Apple says it has fixed a vulnerability in its Hide My Email feature which let essentially anyone figure out a user’s real email address which was supposed to be protected by the feature.
- Apple only fixed the vulnerability after 404 Media wrote about it at the start of July, despite Apple knowing about the issue for more than a year.
- The news also follows the filing of a class action lawsuit against Apple over the vulnerability.
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- Apple says it has fixed a vulnerability in its Hide My Email feature which let essentially anyone figure out a user’s real email address which was supposed to be protected by the feature.
- Apple only fixed the vulnerability after 404 Media wrote about it at the start of July, despite Apple knowing about the issue for more than a year.
- The news also follows the filing of a class action lawsuit against Apple over the vulnerability.
Sources: 404media