A 26-year-old man found out the hard way that Apple’s Hide My Email feature didn’t conceal his identity when he threatened the girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel in February. New information suggests that Apple’s Hide My Email doesn’t hide anyone’s identity, even from websites and marketers as it was originally intended. Hide My Email's privacy problemApple unveiled Hide My Email in 2021 as part of its extended iCloud+ paid subscription. He made the harsh claim that, “Apple Hide My Email is leaking email addresses that are supposed to be hidden. Hide My Email users deserve to know that it may be possible for attackers to discover their hidden email addresses.”