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Disposable, anonymous email forwarding is a massive step forward for privacy. I know we've all been doing it for a while, but this on a consumer level is fantastic.
I wonder how many poorly designed database schemas this will break that used email as a primary key/id.
Can’t services just disallow/block this address? Fun thing is, Apple themselves block name+addon@gmail.com addresses when using their dev console. You can bet that some companies will disallow Apple’s signature private passwords similarly if they can, in the name of ‘security’ or what have you. Or am I being too cynical? Feel free to CMV. EDIT: best response addressing this seems to be ‘The addresses are only generat…
Critical mass might be achieved where if you don't include Apple Sign-In you might lose more users than whatever benefit you see from having more identifiable personal information.
Sounds like a good time to remind people about Telegram having a similar function for quite some time now. And just yesterday they announced a feature to simplify logging into web sites using TG bots: https://telegram.org/blog/privacy-discussions-web-bots It might be a personal choice, but for stuff when privacy is really important I'd definitely pick Telegram over Apple, no matter how much the latter claims to keep…
Why?
Finally an excuse to delete my Facebook account completely. SSO was the only reason I was still using it. I do wonder how many sites will actually implement it.
Privacy BS. This is their way of tracking you around the web.
Can’t services just disallow/block this address? Fun thing is, Apple themselves block name+addon@gmail.com addresses when using their dev console. You can bet that some companies will disallow Apple’s signature private passwords similarly if they can, in the name of ‘security’ or what have you. Or am I being too cynical? Feel free to CMV. EDIT: best response addressing this seems to be ‘The addresses are only generat…
If Apple users use Apple Sign-In en masse then any services which blocks it will face harsh negative publicity. If enough people use it then services will have no choice but to acquiesce.
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No, you're clearly correct. But Apple pushing this does give it a sense of legitimacy and blocking signups from this service might just cause less signups than actually forcing people to use their real address. If Apple makes this extremely user friendly and quick to use than blocking it will cause a loss of signups.
Devils advocate: ‘Error: We love Apple and anonymity but we require a real email address to prevent fraud and to properly secure your account. Please enter your real email address.’
Does this require that every device you'd wish to use to sign into the service be an Apple device? That is, if you're signing up for Netflix with this, would you be able to access your account from a Roku box?
I imagine you'd have to get the private email from your iPhone, similar to how 1Password works.