Apple Fixes Hide My Email Bug That Exposed Real Addresses in Mail Logs

A vulnerability in Apple's Hide My Email privacy feature inadvertently exposed users' real email addresses within mail logs whenever messages were rejected as spam, directly undermining the core privacy promise of the service. Critically, the flaw was reported over a year before it was patched, highlighting a dangerously slow remediation lifecycle for a privacy-critical feature. Sensitive personal data appearing in logs is particularly harmful because logs are often stored, replicated, and accessed by multiple parties, widening the exposure surface significantly. This incident illustrates that privacy-enhancing features must be held to the same — if not higher — security standards as other system components, and that delayed patching of known privacy vulnerabilities carries real legal and reputational consequences.