Getting email meant for a different Gmail user has always been problematic, but carries a simple answer. Will a newly leaked address system make things better or worse?
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’s insanely popular email platform. With around 2.5 billion active accounts, according to Google itself, it should come as no surprise that this privacy issue crops upforums. While the issue surrounding receiving emails intended for another Gmail user is concerning, it’s also relatively easy to explain.
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. “If 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,” Google said.
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 “APK” 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 privacy-focused Gmail users.
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