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Apple to Unify Sign in With Apple and Hide My Email on One Domain

Apple is planning to unify the email domains used by Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email under a single private.icloud.com domain.

iCloud General Feature Redux
Addresses generated for both features will be issued on the new domain, Apple says.

Sign in with Apple addresses currently use the privaterelay.appleid.com domain, while ‌iCloud‌+ uses icloud.com. Later this summer, both will use the same private.icloud.com domain.

Email addresses that use the legacy domains will continue to work and mail will be forwarded with no interruption.

Developers with apps or websites that use Sign in with Apple will need to make sure their account systems, email validation logic, and allowlists accept addresses on the private.icloud.com domain in addition to the existing domains. Email service providers may also need to update domain-based filtering, suppression lists, or routing rules to include the private.icloud.com domain.

Regular users won't need to do anything, and both features will continue to work as expected.

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Top Rated Comments

Sneakz Avatar
5 weeks ago
Yeah, this is going to make the feature far easier to block by simply blocking the subdomain “private.iCloud.com”.

They can’t block iCloud.com because it’s simply used far too much.
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TruthAboveAllElse Avatar
5 weeks ago
This will make it much easier to block. Not a fan of this change.
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
HadrianQ Avatar
5 weeks ago
Holding on to my mac.com address forever, just in case.
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Sneakz Avatar
5 weeks ago
No reasonable service would be willing to block iCloud.com as a whole.

But the subdomain? They certainly might. It would be super easy to do and makes the feature useless.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
einsteinbqat Avatar
5 weeks ago
That is stooopid! Now, it’s so easy to spot and block. I don’t see why they changed. Will be submitting a feedback. I would encourage users to do the same.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TruthAboveAllElse Avatar
5 weeks ago

Yeah, this is going to make the feature far easier to block by simply blocking the subdomain “private.iCloud.com”.

They can’t block iCloud.com because it’s simply used far too much.
I submitted feedback to Apple on this. I encourage other user of this feature to do the same.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)