Overview
- Apple announced in mid‑June that new private email addresses for Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email will be issued on a single private.icloud.com domain.
- The change applies only to newly generated addresses and Apple says existing addresses on privaterelay.appleid.com and icloud.com will continue to forward mail without interruption.
- Apple told developers to update account validation, allowlists and any code that checks relay domains and asked email service providers to revise domain‑based filtering, suppression lists and routing rules to accept private.icloud.com.
- Privacy advocates and some users warn the clearly labelled private.icloud.com domain could make it easier for websites and apps to detect or block anonymized signups, reducing the practical anonymity of newly created addresses.
- Reporters note the shift comes after earlier reporting that Apple has in at least one case provided identifying account information tied to a Hide My Email address, a precedent that fuels current privacy concerns.