<![CDATA[In something you don't see everyday, Apple gave the FBI the real name and email address of one of its customers using Apple's 'Hide My Email' feature.]]>In something you don't see everyday, Apple gave the FBI the real name and email address of one of its customers using Apple's 'Hide My Email' feature. This lets you generate random email addresses to protect your privacy https://www.404media.co/apple-gives-fbi-a-users-real-name-hidden-behind-hide-my-email-feature/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/c821055f-2b97-4fea-a97e-3232cc8fd93d/in-something-you-don-t-see-everyday-apple-gave-the-fbi-the-real-name-and-email-address-of-one-of-its-customers-using-apple-s-hide-my-email-feature.RSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 08:44:16 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2026 19:39:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to In something you don't see everyday, Apple gave the FBI the real name and email address of one of its customers using Apple's 'Hide My Email' feature. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:17:42 GMT]]>@josephcox
So it’s hidden until *checks notes* the email provider gets a visit from the FBI (it did not say they’d received a court order…) because someone was using their service to threaten the girlfriend of the FBI director.

If anyone thinks any American email provider (and I suspect a bunch of foreign ones!) would refuse that, especially given the current administration, they’re high.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tenforward.social/users/gareth/statuses/116298027001675123https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tenforward.social/users/gareth/statuses/116298027001675123Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:17:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In something you don't see everyday, Apple gave the FBI the real name and email address of one of its customers using Apple's 'Hide My Email' feature. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:55:05 GMT]]>@josephcox So not really hidden then. Grr!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://allovertheplace.ca/users/mcourcel/statuses/116297938058372914https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://allovertheplace.ca/users/mcourcel/statuses/116297938058372914Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:55:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In something you don't see everyday, Apple gave the FBI the real name and email address of one of its customers using Apple's 'Hide My Email' feature. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:28:41 GMT]]>@josephcox I always found it strange that people trusted Apple so much just because of times in the past when they really wouldn't have benefited from giving up user info. It was just a matter of time until giving up info wouldn't hurt them and they would do it.

If anyone is actually counting on them to help against the regime, they need to seriously reconsider.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116297598356494859https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116297598356494859Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:28:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In something you don't see everyday, Apple gave the FBI the real name and email address of one of its customers using Apple's 'Hide My Email' feature. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:59:31 GMT]]>@josephcox

I find it especially endearing that they only sell the illusion of anonymity.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/116297247729748072https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/116297247729748072Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:59:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In something you don't see everyday, Apple gave the FBI the real name and email address of one of its customers using Apple's 'Hide My Email' feature. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:55:22 GMT]]>@josephcox hide and share my email

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/disco3000/statuses/116297231392545152https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/disco3000/statuses/116297231392545152Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:55:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In something you don't see everyday, Apple gave the FBI the real name and email address of one of its customers using Apple's 'Hide My Email' feature. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:49:33 GMT]]>@josephcox

Your nuance is appreciated. Glad you chose "something you don't see everyday", not "something that doesn't happen everyday".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tldr.nettime.org/users/katzenberger/statuses/116297208508622949https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tldr.nettime.org/users/katzenberger/statuses/116297208508622949Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:49:33 GMT