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New comment by tjames7000 in "Apple 'Hide My Email' vulnerability reveals peoples' real email addresses"

tjames7000 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:44:08 +0000

We're hoping that by notifying people that there's a vulnerability, people can stop using Hide My Email if it matters to them. I don't think that disclosing the exploit method will get Apple to fix it faster at this point.

New comment by tjames7000 in "Apple 'Hide My Email' vulnerability reveals peoples' real email addresses"

tjames7000 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:24:31 +0000

> > “It seems that ending new sales of Hide My Email until the problem is fixed would be an effective way to limit the number of customers at risk. Is that an option?” Murphy wrote back.

> I can only hope that was a sardonic moment of frustration quoted out of context

I didn't make my point clearly there, and I think it makes more sense in context, but it was a sincere suggestion that Apple could stop allowing new people to use Hide My Email. There are many other email aliasing services, so they wouldn't be depriving people of a unique offering. At the time, I wasn't aware that Hide My Email was only available as part of iCloud+. All I knew was that it wasn't free.

New comment by tjames7000 in "Apple 'Hide My Email' vulnerability reveals peoples' real email addresses"

tjames7000 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 18:01:55 +0000

I've been going back and forth with Apple about it for a year. We don't feel comfortable releasing the exploit details even though they're being slow. We think enough people rely on Hide My Email for personal safety that it would be irresponsible.

New comment by tjames7000 in "Apple 'Hide My Email' vulnerability reveals peoples' real email addresses"

tjames7000 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:07:08 +0000

We put up a timeline of the disclosure here: https://easyoptouts.com/guides/apple-hide-my-email-is-leakin...

New comment by tjames7000 in "Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks"

tjames7000 — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:04:56 +0000

I co-founded easyoptouts.com a few years ago because all of the existing options were way too expensive. We focus on publicly-accessible people-search sites. Our customers are happy, and you can check out our privacy policy to see how we handle data.

New comment by tjames7000 in "Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks"

tjames7000 — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:01:41 +0000

easyoptouts.com, which I work on, doesn't use manual labor - everything is automated! It's definitely important to avoid giving more people access to the data.

edit: and as a result of automation, our prices are also way lower than most similar services