{
  "id": 3128166,
  "title": "Apple reverses its plan to move iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses to private.icloud.com after user backlash; the feature will continue using the icloud.com domain (Juli Clover/MacRumors)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/apple-reverses-its-plan-to-move-icloud-hide-my-email-addresses-to",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-24T22:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/24/apple-hide-my-email-domain/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Apple has reversed its decision to change the email domain used for its iCloud+ Hide My Email feature. The feature will continue to use the icloud.com domain, rather than moving to private.icloud.com, after user backlash.\n\nThe change was initially announced in June, with Apple planning to unify the email domains used by Sign in with Apple and Hide My Email under a single private.icloud.com domain. However, users expressed concerns that this would make it easier for platforms to block iCloud aliases.\n\nWhile Hide My Email will remain on icloud.com, Sign in with Apple addresses will still move to the private.icloud.com domain, replacing the existing privaterelay.appleid.com domain. Existing Sign in with Apple addresses will continue to be forwarded without interruption, and developers are advised to allow the private.icloud.com domain in addition to privaterelay.appleid.com.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MacRumors",
        "title": "Apple Won't Change Hide My Email Domain After Backlash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/apple-wont-change-hide-my-email-domain-after-backlash",
        "published": "2026-08-24T20:17:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Apple reverses planned Hide My Email domain change after user pushback",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/apple-reverses-planned-hide-my-email-domain-change-after-user-pushback",
        "published": "2026-08-24T21:05:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daring Fireball",
        "title": "Apple Rethinks Plan to Merge ‘Hide My Email’ Domain Name With ‘Sign In With Apple’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/apple-rethinks-plan-to-merge-hide-my-email-domain-name-with-sign-in",
        "published": "2026-08-24T23:33:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}