{"id":126947,"date":"2024-11-17T16:29:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T09:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126947"},"modified":"2024-11-17T16:29:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T09:29:11","slug":"googles-gmail-decision-why-you-need-a-new-email-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126947","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s Gmail Decision\u2014Why You Need A New Email Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-4\" role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion><\/p>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\">Gmail is about to change forever<\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Updated on November 17 with new 2025 AI-driven mobile threat warning.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Now it seems Google has decided to follow suit\u2014a surprise decision no-one saw coming and which was not touted with the other privacy and security updates this year. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-shielded-email-3499803\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-shielded-email-3499803\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-shielded-email-3499803\/\" aria-label=\"Android Authority\"><em data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-shielded-email-3499803\/\">Android Authority<\/em><\/a>, \u201csure, 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\u2019re 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/16\/microsofts-update-mistake-new-warning-for-millions-of-windows-pc-owners\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Microsoft\u2019s Update Mistake\u2014New Warning For Millions Of Windows PC Owners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/16\/microsofts-update-mistake-new-warning-for-millions-of-windows-pc-owners\/\"><span class=\"link-embed__info\"><span class=\"link-embed__provider\">Forbes<\/span><span class=\"link-embed__title\">Microsoft\u2019s Update Mistake\u2014New Warning For Millions Of Windows PC Owners<\/span><small class=\"link-embed__byline\">By <span class=\"link-embed__author\">Zak Doffman<\/span><\/small><\/span><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail-wrapper\"><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail allow-inline-style\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/66cd8ee9b5b1fd02b236a1b3\/960x0.jpg?cropX1=1354&amp;cropX2=2215&amp;cropY1=488&amp;cropY2=1036);\"\/><\/span><\/a><fbs-ad position=\"inread\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-inread\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Hide My Email,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-gb\/guide\/iphone\/iphcb02e76f7\/ios\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-gb\/guide\/iphone\/iphcb02e76f7\/ios\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-gb\/guide\/iphone\/iphcb02e76f7\/ios\" aria-label=\"Apple explains\">Apple explains<\/a>, \u201cyou can generate unique, random email addresses that forward to your personal email account, so you don\u2019t have to share your real email address when filling out forms or signing up for newsletters on the web, or when sending email.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While this enables users to forward these ghost email addresses to any email address associated with their iCloud account, it really comes into its own when used with Apple\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-gb\/guide\/iphone\/iphf277f837e\/18.0\/ios\/18.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-gb\/guide\/iphone\/iphf277f837e\/18.0\/ios\/18.0\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-gb\/guide\/iphone\/iphf277f837e\/18.0\/ios\/18.0\" aria-label=\"Mail\">Mail<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-gb\/guide\/iphone\/iphbb888fde2\/18.0\/ios\/18.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-gb\/guide\/iphone\/iphbb888fde2\/18.0\/ios\/18.0\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-gb\/guide\/iphone\/iphbb888fde2\/18.0\/ios\/18.0\" aria-label=\"Safari\">Safari<\/a> apps. This allows you to send messages directly from those shielded addresses, and also offers the option to easily create a ghost email address whenever you\u2019re asked for an email address within a form on Safari.<\/p>\n<p>Tearing down the new 24.45.33 APK release of Google Play Services, \u201cand upon cracking it open,\u201d the website explains it has found \u201ca whole boatload of strings referencing and in support of something called \u2018Shielded Email\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This system \u201cto create single-use or limited-use email aliases that will forward messages along to your primary account.\u201d And while \u201cwe could imagine that something like this might be pretty useful in Chrome,\u201d which would mirror Apple\u2019s approach, this current reveal is focused instead on \u201cspecifically addressing apps that ask for your email address,\u201d which is why it\u2019s been found in a Play update.<\/p>\n<p>Again, just as with Apple and iPhone, while this likely won\u2019t be restricted to Gmail, Google will only have full control over its functionality and the use of such shielded emails where it controls the email platform itself, which does mean Gmail.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/13\/new-google-play-store-warning-delete-these-malicious-apps-on-your-phone\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"New Google Play Store Warning\u2014Do Not Leave These Apps On Your Phone\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/13\/new-google-play-store-warning-delete-these-malicious-apps-on-your-phone\/\"><span class=\"link-embed__info\"><span class=\"link-embed__provider\">Forbes<\/span><span class=\"link-embed__title\">New Google Play Store Warning\u2014Do Not Leave These Apps On Your Phone<\/span><small class=\"link-embed__byline\">By <span class=\"link-embed__author\">Zak Doffman<\/span><\/small><\/span><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail-wrapper\"><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail allow-inline-style\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/914596234\/960x0.jpg?cropX1=421&amp;cropX2=3041&amp;cropY1=470&amp;cropY2=2063);\"\/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a laudable move on Google\u2019s part, and if it catches on as Apple\u2019s Hide My Email has done, then it is a huge improvement for Android users, most of which will have one or more Gmail addresses associated with their accounts.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/11\/14\/google-shielded-email\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/11\/14\/google-shielded-email\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/11\/14\/google-shielded-email\/\" aria-label=\"9to5Google\"><em data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/11\/14\/google-shielded-email\/\">9to5Google<\/em><\/a>, \u201cthe experience looks to be integrated with Android\u2019s autofill and presumably the Google Password Manager\u2026 It remains to be seen whether Google will charge for Shielded Email. Besides encouraging people to sign-up for Google One, making it paid could be a way to make sure functionality isn\u2019t abused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coming on the back of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/13\/new-google-play-store-warning-delete-these-malicious-apps-on-your-phone\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/13\/new-google-play-store-warning-delete-these-malicious-apps-on-your-phone\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/13\/new-google-play-store-warning-delete-these-malicious-apps-on-your-phone\/\" aria-label=\"live threat detection and spam call warnings\" rel=\"noopener\">live threat detection and spam call warnings<\/a>, it\u2019s clear that the security and privacy gap is now narrowing. The only question for Android users remains how fast these updates rollout, and which device OEMs will get them. But given what we\u2019ve seen already this week, it\u2019s likely this new update will come to Pixels first, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/14\/samsungs-update-decision-2--new-questions-for-millions-of-galaxy-s24-and-s23-owners\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/14\/samsungs-update-decision-2--new-questions-for-millions-of-galaxy-s24-and-s23-owners\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/14\/samsungs-update-decision-2--new-questions-for-millions-of-galaxy-s24-and-s23-owners\/\" aria-label=\"another concern for Samsung users currently in the queue for new features.\" rel=\"noopener\">another concern for Samsung users currently in the queue for new features.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For now, unlike Apple\u2019s alternative this leaked update appears mobile only\u2014this is for Android users and there\u2019s no news as yet as to whether this will make its way into desktop Gmail and other Google services accessed via Chrome. But once this is available, it would make sense to mimic the application of Apple\u2019s Hide My Email across the full Google\/Gmail ecosystem, not just apps.<\/p>\n<p>There are also third-party apps that do the same, whether that\u2019s one-time cloaked email addresses or a universal email address for use on websites and other services where you fear scam or you\u2019re details making their way onto nefarious lists<\/p>\n<p>The fact this is mobile only is unsurprising\u2014your mobile device is fast becoming the largest threat to your data security and privacy, which extends to your work if you bring your device into the office or connect to company systems as most of us now do.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/14\/samsungs-update-decision-2--new-questions-for-millions-of-galaxy-s24-and-s23-owners\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Samsung\u2019s Android 15 Delay\u20142  New Questions For Galaxy S24 And S23 Owners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/14\/samsungs-update-decision-2--new-questions-for-millions-of-galaxy-s24-and-s23-owners\/\"><span class=\"link-embed__info\"><span class=\"link-embed__provider\">Forbes<\/span><span class=\"link-embed__title\">Samsung\u2019s Android 15 Delay\u20142  New Questions For Galaxy S24 And S23 Owners<\/span><small class=\"link-embed__byline\">By <span class=\"link-embed__author\">Zak Doffman<\/span><\/small><\/span><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail-wrapper\"><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail allow-inline-style\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/67273554c7669650aab2438b\/960x0.jpg?cropX1=1959&amp;cropX2=3213&amp;cropY1=49&amp;cropY2=868);\"\/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zimperium.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.zimperium.com\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.zimperium.com\/\" aria-label=\"Zimperium\u2019s\">Zimperium\u2019s<\/a> Nico Chiaraviglio has just warned of \u201ca strategic evolution in mobile security \u2013 evasive cyberattacks are now the new normal, as cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated in their mobile phishing attacks.\u201d This is clear in the weekly reports of new mobile malware campaigns. Almost all such attacks begin within phishing lures, which come via social media messaging apps or email.<\/p>\n<p>Chiaraviglio now predicts that by next year \u2018mishing,\u2019 or mobile phishing, attacks \u201cwill become so sophisticated and evasive that modern tooling won\u2019t be able to detect it. We will see the rise of AI-driven mobile malware capable of mimicking user behavior, making it far harder to detect using traditional methods.\u201d Not only is the mobile phone central to this treat, but Android is more vulnerable than iPhone, making defenses on Google\u2019s platform more critical.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line\u2014when this new Gmail email cloaking makes it onto your device\u2014and clearly there\u2019s no confirmation on timing as yet, make sure you use it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/zakdoffman\/2024\/11\/17\/googles-update-decision-this-completely-changes-gmail-on-your-phone\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gmail is about to change forever NurPhoto via Getty Images Updated on November 17 with new 2025 AI-driven mobile threat warning. 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