1Password gets its own “hide my email” feature

1Password is launching a new feature to allow users to create unique email aliases for logins, much like Apple’s iCloud Plus Hide My Email feature. 1Password partners with Fastmail to bring its Masked Email feature to Password Manager, giving all users the ability to hide their email addresses from apps and services.

“Your email address is your online identity,” explains Bron Gondwana, CEO of Fastmail. “If your credentials are compromised during a data breach, having a randomly generated email address adds a second line of defense as it cannot be associated with your email address. primary and, therefore, your identity. “

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This new hidden email feature will be ideal for registering accounts for temporary purposes, like free Wi-Fi. But they can also be used to hide your personal email address from any app or service, as aliases do not expire unless a 1Password user manually deletes them.

Email aliases already exist in Gmail, Outlook, and other email services. If your usual email address is [email protected], you can just use [email protected] and the emails will appear in your [email protected] inbox. Aliases are a good way to reduce spam, but the 1Password Fastmail integration goes one step further by preventing scammers from discovering your real email address.

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Attackers often use leaked databases of reused passwords and email addresses to phish people, but they need both your email address and password to access a service. . Victims of a data breach are at less risk if their password and email address are unique.

Services like Have I Been Pwned have been tracking data breaches for years, and affected email addresses often show up in multiple breaches. “My service now tracks 5 billion email addresses, each showing up in an average of 2 data breaches,” says Troy Hunt, Founder of Have I Been Pwned and Strategic Advisor at 1Password. “It’s more important than ever to protect our privacy; and protecting the primary key to our digital lives – our email address – will have a truly positive impact. “