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Apple hit with lawsuit claiming iCloud+ privacy tool could expose users’ real emails to websites

Apple is facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging its "Hide My Email" feature failed to conceal users’ real email addresses from websites and apps.The complaint, filed Wednesday in federal court, also claimed Apple was aware the feature, introduced in 2019, was not working as early as last summer and did not take sufficient action to fix it.The alleged issue still has not been remedied, according to the suit, even as Apple continues to claim "Hide My Email" generates "unique, random email addresses" that forward to a user’s personal inbox so their real email address is "kept private."AP...