As part of a coding teardown, investigative reporters discovered some code that suggests Google is working on an email forwarding system using aliases, similar to Apple’s Hide My Email that provides an automated random email address creator to help keep your personal email address private when subscribing to services.
The idea of a single-use, disposable, email address for Gmail users is certainly one that will, I am sure, be welcomed.
If your email is johnsmith@gmail.com then email sent to john.smith@gmail.com, jo.hn.sm.ith@gmail.com and j.o.h.n.s.m.i.t.h@gmail.com will all come to you.
“If someone meant to email john.43.smith@gmail.com but typed john.smith@gmail.com, the message went to you because you own johnsmith@gmail.com,” Google said.
In other words, if you own smith@gmail.com that doesn’t mean that email sent to john.smith@gmail.com or jenny.smith@gmail.com will also come to you.
Users of Google’s wildly popular email platform frequently struggle with the question of who a particular Gmail address actually belongs to and where the email sent to it ends up. It should not be surprising that this privacy issue keeps coming up in official Gmail support forums, as Google claims that there are about 2.5 billion active accounts. The problem of receiving emails meant for someone else using Gmail is alarming, but it’s also quite simple to fix. Although a recent leak seems to have the potential to further complicate email addressing, if it is true, it would be a privacy blessing rather than a nightmare. We know the following.
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Nov., a newly disclosed leak. 15 by Android Authority, which raises the possibility of a new email alias feature coming to Gmail and could give the entire email addressing controversy a new privacy-focused angle. During a coding teardown, investigative reporters found some code that indicates Google is developing an alias-based email forwarding system, akin to Apple’s Hide My Email, which offers an automated random email address generator to help keep your personal email address private when you sign up for services.
After closely examining the application package “APK” code for a new Google Play Services release, Android Authority discovered an Android settings menu within Google Autofill, suggesting that the Google system is known as Shielded Email. Although going there doesn’t accomplish anything right now, it does indicate that Google may have something in store for Gmail users who are concerned about their privacy. I have no doubt that Gmail users will embrace the concept of a disposable, one-time email address. After all, it has changed the game in the world of iPhones. I always use it when I’m in Apple mode.
A representative told me there was no more information available at this time when I contacted Google, my Gmail contact, for a statement.
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No, you don’t share an email address with another Gmail user.
Emails sent to johnsmith@gmail.com, jo . hn . sm . ith@gmail.com, and j are sent if your email address is johnsmith@gmail.com. O. h. N. S. M. I. T. Everything will be sent to you at h@gmail.com. Intentions, typos, or accidents occur when someone tries to be resourceful in monitoring incoming emails connected to supplied addresses but fails. “If someone intended to send John an email. “You own johnsmith@gmail.com, so when you typed john . smith@gmail.com instead of 43 . smith@gmail.com, the message went to you,” Google stated. Stated differently, just because you own smith@gmail.com does not imply that emails sent to John Dot Smith@gmail.com or Jenny Dot Smith@gmail.com will also reach you. Please use caution when entering your Gmail address.
