{"id":126962,"date":"2024-11-17T17:29:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T10:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126962"},"modified":"2024-11-17T17:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T10:29:51","slug":"gmail-alert-leak-reveals-new-email-addresses-coming-for-2-5-billion-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126962","title":{"rendered":"Gmail Alert\u2014Leak Reveals New Email Addresses Coming For 2.5 Billion Users"},"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-0\" role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion><\/p>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\">Who does that Gmail address belong to?<\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Update, Nov. 17, 2024: This story, originally published Nov. 15 now includes details of another new Google communications addressing update to add to the privacy feature coming to Gmail users.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The question of who a given Gmail address really belongs to, and where the email sent to it goes, is something of a perennial problem for users of Google\u2019s insanely popular email platform. With around 2.5 billion active accounts, according to Google itself, it should come as no surprise that <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/thread\/307951983\/duplicate-email-addresses\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/thread\/307951983\/duplicate-email-addresses\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/thread\/307951983\/duplicate-email-addresses\" aria-label=\"this privacy issue crops up time and time again in official Gmail support forums\">this privacy issue crops up time and time again in official Gmail support forums<\/a>. While the issue surrounding receiving emails intended for another Gmail user is concerning, it\u2019s also relatively easy to explain. A new leak, however, appears like it could complicate matters of email addressing further at first glance\u2014but it would be a privacy blessing, not nightmare, if true. Here\u2019s what we know.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2024\/11\/13\/googles-gmail-and-photos-deletion-warning-as-1-year-timer-expires\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Google\u2019s Gmail And Photos Deletion Warning As 1-Year Timer Expires\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2024\/11\/13\/googles-gmail-and-photos-deletion-warning-as-1-year-timer-expires\/\"><span class=\"link-embed__info\"><span class=\"link-embed__provider\">Forbes<\/span><span class=\"link-embed__title\">Google\u2019s Gmail And Photos Deletion Warning As 1-Year Timer Expires<\/span><small class=\"link-embed__byline\">By <span class=\"link-embed__author\">Davey Winder<\/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\/6731eecc074359405ae2c1ea\/960x0.jpg);\"\/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\"><strong>New Email Addressing Leak Suggests An Even More Privacy-Centric Gmail Service Could Be Heading Your Way<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"inread\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-inread\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A newly revealed leak published Nov. 15 by <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\">Android Authority<\/a>, suggests that a new email alias function could be heading to Gmail, which could add a new privacy-centric twist to the whole email addressing debate. As part of a coding teardown, investigative reporters discovered some code that suggests Google is working on an email forwarding system using aliases, similar to <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\u2019s Hide My Email\">Apple\u2019s Hide My Email<\/a> that provides an automated random email address creator to help keep your personal email address private when subscribing to services.<\/p>\n<p>The Google system appears to be called Shielded Email, according to Android Authority, which found an Android settings menu within Google Autofill after closely examining the application package \u201cAPK\u201d code for a new Google Play Services release. Heading there does nothing as of yet, but it does show that Google has something up its sleeve that could appeal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2024\/11\/15\/gmail-privacy-warning-for-25-billion-users-new-email-address-alert\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2024\/11\/15\/gmail-privacy-warning-for-25-billion-users-new-email-address-alert\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2024\/11\/15\/gmail-privacy-warning-for-25-billion-users-new-email-address-alert\/\" aria-label=\"privacy-focused Gmail users\" rel=\"noopener\">privacy-focused Gmail users<\/a>. The idea of a single-use, disposable, email address for Gmail users is certainly one that will, I am sure, be welcomed. It\u2019s been something of a game-changer in the iPhone world, after all. I use it all the time when I am in Apple-mode.<\/p>\n<p>I reached out to Google my Gmail contact there for a statement and a spokesperson told me there was no further information currently.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2024\/11\/07\/gmail-users-beware-link-hovering-attacks-on-the-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Gmail Users Beware\u2014Link Hovering Attacks On The Up\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2024\/11\/07\/gmail-users-beware-link-hovering-attacks-on-the-up\/\"><span class=\"link-embed__info\"><span class=\"link-embed__provider\">Forbes<\/span><span class=\"link-embed__title\">Gmail Users Beware\u2014Link Hovering Attacks On The Up<\/span><small class=\"link-embed__byline\">By <span class=\"link-embed__author\">Davey Winder<\/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\/672cad09970484875209fd9c\/960x0.jpg);\"\/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">No, You Do Not Have The Same Email Address As Another Gmail User<\/h2>\n<p>At the risk of sounding like a broken record, if that idiom still means anything in the streaming music era, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2024\/11\/04\/gmail-privacy-alert-for-25-billion-users-is-someone-reading-your-email\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2024\/11\/04\/gmail-privacy-alert-for-25-billion-users-is-someone-reading-your-email\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2024\/11\/04\/gmail-privacy-alert-for-25-billion-users-is-someone-reading-your-email\/\" aria-label=\"dots do not matter in Gmail email addresses\" rel=\"noopener\">dots do not matter in Gmail email addresses<\/a>. All the pleas for help that you read in the assorted Gmail support forums claiming that someone else has the same email address as them and they are getting their messages, or worrying that the same is happening but in reverse, can be explained by Google\u2019s Gmail dotted address policy. \u201cIf anyone tries to create a Gmail account with a dotted version of your username,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/answer\/7436150\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/answer\/7436150\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/answer\/7436150\" aria-label=\"Google said\">Google said<\/a>, \u201cthey&#8217;ll get an error saying the username is already taken.\u201d If, however, someone uses a dotted version of your Gmail address when completing an online form, newsletter subscription etc, then you will get the emails sent as a result.<\/p>\n<p>If your email is johnsmith@gmail.com then email sent to john.smith@gmail.com, jo.hn.sm.ith@gmail.com and j.o.h.n.s.m.i.t.h@gmail.com will all come to you. Things go wrong either by accident, a simple typo, or intent when someone is trying to be clever in keeping tabs on incoming email linked to addresses provided, but failing. \u201cIf someone meant to email john.43.smith@gmail.com but typed john.smith@gmail.com, the message went to you because you own johnsmith@gmail.com,\u201d Google said. In other words, if you own smith@gmail.com that doesn\u2019t mean that email sent to john.smith@gmail.com or jenny.smith@gmail.com will also come to you. So be careful when entering your Gmail address folks.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2024\/11\/08\/sexually-explicit-email-plagues-gmail-users-1-step-to-stop-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Gmail Explicit Content Warning As X-Rated Email Hits Users\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/daveywinder\/2024\/11\/08\/sexually-explicit-email-plagues-gmail-users-1-step-to-stop-it\/\"><span class=\"link-embed__info\"><span class=\"link-embed__provider\">Forbes<\/span><span class=\"link-embed__title\">Gmail Explicit Content Warning As X-Rated Email Hits Users<\/span><small class=\"link-embed__byline\">By <span class=\"link-embed__author\">Davey Winder<\/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\/672e1875819d3a0595976e90\/960x0.jpg);\"\/><\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">Addressing Updates Aren\u2019t Only Coming To Gmail, Google Messages Users To Get \u2018Sending As\u2019 Clarification<\/h2>\n<p>It appears that another welcome update is heading towards users of Google Messages. According to a 9to5Google report <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/11\/15\/google-messages-sending-as\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/11\/15\/google-messages-sending-as\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/11\/15\/google-messages-sending-as\/\" aria-label=\"Google Messages will soon start notifying users of the name and profile they are sending their message as\">Google Messages will soon start notifying users of the name and profile they are sending their message as<\/a>. \u201cAs of today, we\u2019re seeing a \u201cSending as\u201d notice directly above the text field in RCS conversations,\u201d the report revealed, referring to Google Messages beta 20241112_00_RC00. The sending as notice appears alongside the Google Account profile picture and account name, but disappears after the message is sent. This aid to recognition, especially in group conversations, is particularly welcome. Profile sharing, 9to5Google said, \u201callows you to share your Google Account profile (name and picture only) with the people you send messages to.\u201d If the profile is erroneously shared with a spammer or scammer, the conversation can be reported as spam and the user blocked, immediately removing the profile information from the conversation.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">Gmail Addressing Really Isn\u2019t That Confusing, These Updates Help To Reinforce That<\/h2>\n<p>Although the addressing of your communications, be that by way of Gmail or Google Messages, should not be complicated or confusing, spammers, scammers and hackers rely on introducing just enough in the way of distraction to enable them to take advantage. Which is why the news that Google is introducing the Shielded Email random email addresses for Gmail users, whenever that actually lands, is such a welcome update. lthough the sending as and profile sharing isn\u2019t as immediately obvious as a big move towards better privacy in Google Messages, these small steps all combine and add up to improved privacy for all Google users.<\/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\/daveywinder\/2024\/11\/17\/gmail-privacy-warning-for-25-billion-users-new-email-address-alert\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who does that Gmail address belong to? 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