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# Apple's Hide My Email fix doesn't actually work
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/apples-hide-my-email-fix-doesnt-actually-work/
- Published: 2026-07-22T16:13:04.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-22T16:13:04.000Z
- Description: Apple claimed to patch a critical privacy vulnerability in its Hide My Email service in early July, but security researchers immediately reproduced the flaw, revealing the patch was superficial or incomplete.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-consumer, privacy, trust, platform security

Source: [AppleInsider News](https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/21/hide-my-email-flaw-still-worked-two-weeks-after-apples-claimed-fix?utm%5Fsource=rss)

Apple claimed to patch a critical privacy vulnerability in its Hide My Email service in early July, but security researchers immediately reproduced the flaw, revealing the patch was superficial or incomplete. The gap between Apple's privacy-first marketing and the actual security of its paid services is now visible. The company promotes email masking as a core privacy feature while failing to secure it against straightforward attacks, at the moment it's trying to monetize them.