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I don't use Safari but I still use this feature a lot even though I have to do a few extra steps because it does not integrate with anything other than Safari, its that useful for me.

Some sites have never worked properly with the email+tag@gmail.com thing and some have even become wise to it and wont accept addresses like that (car dealers are the worst).

I hope someday apple allows 3rd party integration with this feature.

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I don't get the email+tag. Spammers can just drop the plus tag and get your real email address?

If it makes it into a leak database, you know who to blame.

They could, but they don't. Spammers cast a wide net and usually aren't concerned about the crumbs that fall through. Not to mention the people that do the plus or dot tricks are going to be extremely low value spam targets.

Yup, but assuming these spammers want to keep their lists of leaked emails fresh, it’s kind of silly that they’re so unconcerned about it: they’re very much helping to expose their suppliers. I feel that they must realize that can’t be good, but maybe I overestimate them.

Agreed. You can get to it through Settings > Apple ID > iCloud > Hide My Email, but it’s a pain to navigate.

I tend to use it when signing up for something IRL that wants an email address. I wish there was a way to use Shortcuts to generate a new email in one tap.

I’ve been keeping an eye out for a settings URI that will take you there directly https://github.com/FifiTheBulldog/ios-settings-urls/issues/1...

One workaround is that gmail ignores dots in the local part too: so you can use unusual punctuation for marketing: e.mail@gmail.com

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