- Google works on new armored email feature, similar to Hide My Email from Apple
- The new tool masks your main email address of service providers when creating accounts
- There is not yet a release date, but the testers were able to activate the pre-liberation function
If you are like me, your Gmail reception box slowly filled up promotions, unnecessary updates and newsletters from accounts that you probably never use, simply because you use the same e-mail address to log into as you do it to write and receive emails.
Fortunately, Google seems to take action to remedy this boring problem by being inspired by its longtime competitor, Apple.
The new armored e-mail functionality for Android phones creates an alias when registering for new accounts, immediately issuing a new single-use e-mail address for limited use in the registration process.
The functionality has been successfully compatible with pre-liberation by Android Authority which reports that the new tool exists in the context of Google Autofill’s features, alongside the same contextual windows that appear at the top of your keyboard to automatically type the telephone numbers, credit card information and addresses.
E-mails sent to an alias address are automatically transmitted to your main e-mail address, which you can deactivate at any time. The use of an alias address creates a stamp between you and the service provider, which means that fewer people have their hands on your main email.
This stamp also means that bad players can be easily deleted from your reception box without having to jump through hoops: you do not even have to block or unsubscribe from these emails to bring them to appear. This will also make your online presence more difficult to follow, because your identity will be widely masked to data collectors who seek to create an image of your activity on various sites and platforms – easily done if you use the same e -mail address in several places.
As mentioned, armored email is indeed the same tool as Apple mask my email and seeks to offer a very similar result – although given the quantity inspiration The best iPhones have drawn the best Android phones over the years, I’m sure we can let google go this time. However, there is not yet a release date.
What do you think of this new feature? Would you like to use an armored email or would you not care as much about your digital footprint? Let us know in the comments.
