Apple says it fixed a vulnerability in its Hide My Email tool that let anyone see a user's real email address; researchers first reported the issue in June 2025
THE SO WHAT
A privacy feature quietly leaking real email addresses for roughly a year is a reminder that trust features need the same red-team rigor as auth and payments. If you’re marketing privacy as a differentiator, schedule independent testing and disclosure reviews — “we fixed it after press coverage” is now a reputational risk category.
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