Gmail is said to take over Apple protective function, which protects you from annoying spam

With »Shielded E-Mail«, Google wants to improve Android users' privacy. Image source: Stephen Phillips / Unsplash

Apple users who have subscribed to iCloud+ have long been able to use the option "hide email address" to have their own. Google could soon introduce a similar function.

That happened: Android Authorityhas found information about the "Shielded email" function in Android. With this, Google users should also be able to use temporary email addresses when interaction with apps and services.

Good to know: Temporary email addresses forward messages to the main email address. This protects the actual email address. It is also easy to stop forwarding.

According to Android Authority, Google incorporates the function into Android's autofill function. This serves to automatically enter data. Among other things, it can be used to automatically fill address data when registering a new service.

Shielded email is then displayed as an option, for example, when registering a new account. So far, the new function has not yet been fully integrated.

Functional, however, it should be based on Apple and existing services such as Firefox Relay. It is not known whether there will also be the possibility to respond to incoming emails with the temporary email.

The new system offers several advantages:

• Whether a provider passes on or sells your email and data can be confirmed by use (provided that you use a temporary email per provider).
• Your main address remains protected when a service is hacked or sold.
• If spam arrives, it can be prevented by deleting the temporary address.
• The creation of a profile is difficult.

Gmails previous alias function

Since the introduction of Gmail, users have been able to create alternative email addresses. Google calls this creating an alias.

The existing e-mail address is simply by one+textsupplemented. Is your address[email protected], would[email protected]Be an alias of her.

The main problem here is that the original email remains visible. The function is therefore less suitable for holding spam.

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