No, it seems that (by design) this would not be the intended use. The intention is to give you an address that you can enter into web forms on websites… Not to create a true and permanent alias
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iOS 15: How to Use Hide My Email
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I’ve started changing my email address using hide my email mainly on social media accounts and forums, but the forwarding doesn’t seem to be working so I’m not receiving any of the new activation emails from these sites so am currently locked out of them
It is such a pain to use Hide My Email feature when paying via ApplePay. Every time I do this my payment gets rejected (I checked with my credit card issuers that the problem was not on their end) and I need to enter my real email address which is my Apple ID. Then the online merchant clearly sees my real email address (which in this case my Apple ID).
I hope Apple fixes that at some point.
I hope Apple fixes that at some point.
I know this is a little but if you not mind me asking, why would you need so many aliases? I was looking at my sign in with apple on some apps of course and I had about 18 (I think) I would, and this is only my personal use case, would like to have only one Hide my mail alias that way I could just use that by default for email subscriptions or what not.
If I am not mistaken, all you need to do is to click on your email address, I think it is there by default, it says Hide my mail so you click on Hide My Mail and then it will show what alias was used. If I am understanding your question correctly
I use it as an extra level of security and privacy. For pretty much every online account I have registered I now use a unique email address, making any security breaches most likely limited to that account alone. And if I get spam to one of those addresses I can just remove it and create a new. Maybe overdoing it, but I like it this way.
Anyhow, later during the beta they removed the limit of 100. I'm sure there's a new limit somewhere higher, but I could fit my 200+ accounts with a unique address for each.
I am confused on how to use this feature
So with the generated emails, what would the generated email password be? For example if I use a hide my email for the nike app and purchase some items, if I need to log into the nike app from a web browser for example to return an item or something what would the password be for the generated email that I was created?
with the created email addresses what is the password for them? For example if you use hide my email for a forum, what will the password to log into the from from another device for example?
You need to provide the password. If you use Safari to login, then Safari can suggest a password.
But how would you know what the password is because the hide my email feature only creates an email address....so how do I create a password using the feature?
HME only creates an email address. You create/supply a password as you would when/if you use your usual email address. It’s that simple.
HME can create an email either within Safari for a particular website or you can create it from within the iCloud/HME settings. If you are creating from within Safari then the browser may suggest the password.
Sorry I am not explaining myself. I get that part
I am talking about when HME creates an email through an app. For example I download an app and when asked to create an account I use HME. That way there is no prompt to create a password like there would be using safari....
With you now.
From my experience, the app has to support the use of iCloud Keychain in the same way Safari does. When creating an account within an app I’ve seen me having to note down my password I’ve had to create manually. But in some cases the app gives me the option for a suggested password which is then saved in Keychain. I’m trying to think of apps which allow suggestion of passwords but can’t think of any just now!
Thanks
For example I just downloaded the JustEat app (food delivery) and selected HME to create the account. No password prompt came up or anything (I do use 1password instead of Keychain though). So in the future if I wanted to log into Just Eat from a web browser, I have never created a password for the app so I won't be able to it looks like.... Does this mean I should only HME with apps that I know I won't need to log into from a web browser or something?
I’ve just tried JustEat app and you’re correct, it wont allow you to choose a suggested password to create an account. The only way around seems to be to create the account on the web, save in Keychain and then login to the app with the credentials saved in keychain.
Just App does allow access of passwords in Keychain so that’s the workaround. I don’t know enough about apps and how the username/password fields are configured to access keychain etc
Yes I was thinking that, you will have to do it manually. I guess it only matters really if its an important app for example that you may need to log into in the future....
If you're creating a new email and generate a Hide My Email address from within Mail, where does that email address appear? It's not in your standard Hide My Email address list. Does it count towards your number of addresses limit? If it does how can I remove it if it's not listed anywhere? Does Apple automatically deactivate it after a set time?
Yes. I save all my logins with the iCloud Keychain. So standard procedure would be login to a site (or when first registering), generate a random address, change it on the site and update my saved login details in iCloud Keychain.
Hide My Email allows more flexibility.
SIWA would use the same relay addr if you try to open another account in the web site, and you do not have any control or idea about the passcode of the account you created with SIWA.
SIWA also would fail if the web site require email verification.
Same as any account you created with a valid email addr, just now with HME, you use relay email addr, you could choose you own password !
That is a nice thing and better than SIWA!