Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless

Re:Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless by wpm on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @12:24AM (#48565645)

If you have iCloud Keychain enabled you don't have to "remember" a sign-in at all. Flip a toggle, say "Yes" when Safari offers to remember the new password you generated for the fake email you generated in a drop down menu, and you're a FaceID/TouchID away from auth. My 80 year old uncle can manage this.

I have been a happy Hide My Email user for years. This is simply not a problem, and even for normies it's no more a problem than "can't remember password at all".

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Re:Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless by allthetime on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @01:39AM (#48566157)

It’s a problem if you use non-Apple devices as well as Apple devices.

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Re:Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless by lunatuna on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @10:51AM (#48571369)

It isn’t that straight forward but I use Firefox on Linux along with my iPhone and Mac. My workflow is to use Passwords and Hide my on safari and then Firefox there after on the Apple device. Firefox then saves the login details and it shows up on my Linux + Firefox desktop. Not ideal, kinda dumb, and takes away a little bit of faith in humanity, but I don’t have to type in the details.

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