Google might let you hide your actual email address from Android apps with a new “Shielded Email.” When creating a new...

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Google might let you hide your actual email address from Android apps with a new “Shielded Email.” When creating a new…

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Their own apps?

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Nah, they already have your email, and Play services could track that too. They just want to make sure they’re the only ones tracking your email.

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“Your data collection into Gmail only! No into chic fila app!”

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speaking of chick fil a, they’ve blocked my entire .com domain from making an account because I ordered using mullvad once. what a garbage system.

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How dare you hide your information from them! The nerve!

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So only they can track you

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How is it an android feature?

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A bit like 10 years late

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basically icloud’s mail privacy protection

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