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Apple’s Hide My Email feature has a bug that’s been exposing real email addresses, researcher claims

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July 1, 2026

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Apple’s Hide My Email feature is a convenient privacy tool that uses disposable addresses to hide a user’s true email for the sake of online anonymity. Unfortunately, new research appears to show that a bug in the feature allows users’ real email addresses to be unmasked.

The bug was reported by 404 Media, which says that it has tested and verified that the vulnerability exists. Tyler Murphy, the researcher who found the bug, said that he warned Apple about the problem over a year ago, and that it was unclear why the company had yet to remedy the problem. All of the attempts to exploit the bug have been successful, Murphy added.

“We don’t know the full scope of the issue, but in our limited tests with volunteers, 100% of Hide My Email addresses were exploitable,” Murphy told the outlet. Details of the vulnerability haven’t been publicly disclosed, for fear that it will be exploited.

Murphy is the co-founder of EasyOptOuts, which offers a paid data removal service that takes your information off of data broker sites. He told 404 Media that “publicly accessible people-search sites make it easy to link an email address to other personal details, so people relying on Hide My Email for safety may be at risk.”

TechCrunch reached out to Apple for more information and will update this story if it responds.

When it comes to the tech world, privacy tools are hard to come by and, unfortunately, even when they do exist, they don’t always work. Apple has been accused of this sort of thing before.

Case in point: the company was sued in 2022 after it was reported that iPhone apps continued to send analytics data to Apple even when the iPhone Analytics privacy setting was turned on.

Similarly, in 2023, researchers found another one of Apple’s privacy features to be effectively “useless.” The research claimed that a tool that was supposed to anonymize mobile users’ WiFi connections by providing randomized MAC addresses (an easily trackable identifier) was simply exposing the user’s real MAC address.

Apple has built a large part of its reputation and branding on user privacy, so hopefully it manages to address the apparent Hide My Email bug with some expedience. If it can learn to better stand behind its privacy promises, that wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world either.

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“I Kept Trying It In Training” — Uroko Reveals Secret Behind Stunning Free-Kick Against USFA

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September 2, 2026

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Edo Queens midfielder Valentina Uroko has revealed that her stunning free-kick against USFA was the result of repeated practice in training, after the Nigerian champions powered into the final of the CAF Women’s Champions League WAFU-B qualifying tournament with a commanding 5-1 victory.

Uroko produced a moment of brilliance at the Stade 4 Août in Ouagadougou on Wednesday, scoring from an almost unimaginable position to give Edo Queens a 3-0 lead just before half-time.

The midfielder said she had repeatedly practised the technique during training and was delighted to see it finally produce a goal on the continental stage.

“I practise it in training and it is something that I kept trying, so I’m happy that it turned out good today,” Uroko said.

Her spectacular strike came in the 45th minute, shortly after Chioma Moses had doubled Edo Queens’ advantage.

Earlier, Atume Doosuur had opened the scoring in the 17th minute as the reigning NWFL champions established control of the semi-final.

Edo Queens returned from the break with even greater intensity, with Doshima Tarnum scoring directly from a corner just a minute into the second half to make it 4-0.

Aminat Folorunsho completed the scoring for the Nigerian side in the 62nd minute, effectively putting the contest beyond USFA before the hosts managed a consolation goal in the 91st minute.

The emphatic result sends Edo Queens into the WAFU-B final, keeping their hopes of regional glory and qualification for the CAF Women’s Champions League alive.

The Benin-based side had earlier opened their campaign with a remarkable 7-0 demolition of AS Garde Nationale of Niger Republic, followed by a 3-1 victory over ASEC Mimosas in their first two Group B matches.

Their only defeat came in the final group game when Ghanaian champions Ampem Darkoa Ladies edged them 2-1 on Sunday.

Edo Queens could now meet Ampem Darkoa again in the final, setting up the possibility of a rematch with the Ghanaian champions.

Despite scoring one of the highlights of the tournament and helping Edo Queens reach the final, Uroko insisted that the team must remain focused.

“I will remain focused and not carry it away because we are not there yet,” she added.

For Uroko, the spectacular free-kick was a reward for persistence in training. For Edo Queens, however, the bigger prize is now within touching distance.

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NNPC Ltd Reports NGN7.91tn Statutory Payments, 100% Pipeline Availability

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September 2, 2026

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NNPC Limited Delivers NGN7,913 Billion in Statutory Payments, Sustains 100% Upstream Pipeline Availability for Second Consecutive Month

NNPC Ltd. has released its Monthly Report Summary for July 2026.

Cumulative statutory payments for January to July 2026 reached NGN7,913 Billion, up from NGN6,286 Billion for January to June 2026, reflecting a month-on-month addition of NGN1,627 Billion. Similarly, upstream pipeline availability was sustained at 100% for the second consecutive month.

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