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JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

> Google's ongoing campaign to narrow the security and privacy gap
> between Android and iPhone, as well as the wider Google and Apple
> ecosystems has just taken its latest twist. For 2 billion Gmail users,
> this could completely change how you use email.
> 
> Apple's Hide My Email feature lets users keep their personal email
> addresses private, away from the information brokers who sell lists of
> email addresses and phone numbers that drive the global scourge of
> spam and cold calling.
> 
> Now it seems Google has decided to follow suit--a surprise decision
> no-one saw coming and which was not touted with the other privacy and
> security updates this year. Per Android Authority, "sure, Gmail is an
> absolute champ at filtering out spam, but every time you share your
> email with someone even a little bit shady, do you feel like you're
> playing with fire and risking a whole bunch of unwanted contact?
> Google may just have a solution in the works, at least by the looks of
> our latest teardown."
> 
> <https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/11/15/googles-update-decision-this-completely-changes-gmail-on-your-phone/>
>

A very interesting link, thank you.  As an Apple user I will be making
much more use of Apple's email cloaking in future, especially on my 
more important Gmail addresses.

It appears that AIs will be battling each other in spam/scam email; 
I find that rather scary.

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