EasyOptOuts will send your personal information to data brokers regardless of whether they have your information in the first place, so they can remove it.
Dibby053 20 minutes ago [-]
My guess would be it has nothing to do with email itself. Maybe it's some iCloud API that accepts obfuscated emails but returns the original email in the response, or an ID which can be used to retrieve the iCloud email from another API endpoint. Could be as simple as an "add contact/friend" feature in some Apple product (like a mail client, or a file sharing service) that resolves the obfuscated email to the original iCloud account.
fsuts 21 minutes ago [-]
I think you should formally write to Apple and give notice of 30 days to contact you or you will reveal it.
Send it to the USA media and regulator too
41 minutes ago [-]
jijijijij 13 minutes ago [-]
I think "real email" address is underselling it, since that's commonly the apple-ID, which is the gateway to some people's whole digital existence. Not to mention the fact, you tend to use hidemyemail in particular for services you don't want any identity leaked to. The "real email" may contain your legal name already.
> we will not discuss or disclose the details of the exploits until they're fixed.
But if there's a public forum where the cat's already out of the bag, then game on. Perhaps this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/1ukilw1/apple_hide_m...
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/02/03/easyoptout...
Send it to the USA media and regulator too