Brave Adds 5 Free Email Aliases to Browser, Shielding Users From Ad Tracking
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Updated · TechCrunch · Aug 28
Brave Adds 5 Free Email Aliases to Browser, Shielding Users From Ad Tracking
3 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · Aug 28
Summary
Brave this week rolled out an email alias tool that lets browser users sign up for sites without exposing their primary address, auto-filling an alias when they click or right-click an email field.
The feature targets a key privacy risk: websites and ad-tech firms can use email addresses as persistent identifiers to match shopping activity, target ads and link behavior across services.
Brave said emails sent to aliases are forwarded to the user’s real inbox, scanned only for spam and viruses, then deleted from its servers; account data is encrypted at rest.
Five aliases are free for now, with more planned for Premium users, though Brave warned some forwarded messages may initially land in spam while it builds mail-provider reputation.