The move isn't surprising, but shows what data is available to authorities when paying Apple customers use the Hide My Email feature.

https://www.404media.co/apple-gives-fbi-a-users-real-name-hidden-behind-hide-my-email-feature/

Apple Gives FBI a User’s Real Name Hidden Behind ’Hide My Email’ Feature

The move isn't surprising, but shows what data is available to authorities when paying Apple customers use the Hide My Email feature.

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@404mediaco i mean .. yeah?
That data isn't encrypted nor do I think Apple ever claimed it would protect you from authorities on that. The feature is meant to make it so that the company or website or service that you're signing up with doesn't see a real email address

@thibaultmol @404mediaco

We know that. The (actual) average phone user? Not so much.

@WhyNotZoidberg @thibaultmol @404mediaco people believed that incognito mode makes them nearly untraceable across the internet. So…