iCloud Hide My Email

iCloud Hide My Email

Use iCloud's Hide My Email service on Chrome.

What is iCloud Hide My Email?
iCloud Hide My Email is a versatile extension allowing users to capitalize on Apple's Hide My Email service on any Chromium-based browser. This convenient tool brings the same UX from Safari offering a simple pop-up UI to generate and reserve Hide My Email addresses, manage these addresses, implement instant autofilling on relevant HTML input elements, and a rapid configuration of Hide My Email settings.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.29 (28)
Version: 1.2.5 (Last updated: 2024-03-11)
Creation date: 2022-09-14
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • declarativeNetRequest
  • storage
  • tabs
  • contextMenus
  • webRequest
  • notifications
Host permissions:
  • https://*.icloud.com/*
  • https://*.icloud.com.cn/*
Size: 416.77K
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Summary

This extension enables the use of iCloud's Hide My Email service on any Chromium based browser such as Google Chrome, Brave, Opera, and Microsoft Edge.

Hide My Email is natively supported in Safari. This extension aims to bring a similar UX to the Chromium ecosystem.

Features:

  • Simple pop-up UI for generating and reserving new Hide My Email addresses
  • Ability to manage existing Hide My Email addresses (including deactivation, reactivation, and deletion)
  • Instant autofilling on any HTML input element that is relevant to email
  • Quick configuration of Hide My Email settings, such as the Forward-To address, through the Options page of the extension.

Disclaimer: This extension is not endorsed by, directly affiliated with, maintained, authorized, or sponsored by Apple.

Source code: https://github.com/dedoussis/icloud-hide-my-email-browser-extension

Found an issue or bug? Please submit it here: https://github.com/dedoussis/icloud-hide-my-email-browser-extension/issues/new

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Very useful for non-Mac users
  • Helps with privacy and security
  • Open-source implementation
Cons
  • Constantly logging out and requiring re-login with iCloud credentials
  • Issues with 2FA setup for login
Most mentioned
  • Great for non-Mac users
  • Open-source implementation
  • Issues with 2FA setup for login
  • Privacy concerns
Recent reviews
by Rasul Adasov Rasul Adasov, 2024-01-09

by Gene Chen Gene Chen, 2024-02-05

by Rasul Rasul, 2024-01-09
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Safety
Risk impact

iCloud Hide My Email is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install iCloud Hide My Email if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

iCloud Hide My Email is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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