Apple new mail privacy protection

Apple's new Mail Privacy Protection is a feature that was introduced in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey to help protect users' email privacy. Here's what it does:

What is Mail Privacy Protection?

Mail Privacy Protection is a feature that prevents email senders from tracking whether you've opened their emails or not. This is done by using a proxy IP address to fetch emails, rather than your actual IP address. This means that email senders won't be able to see your IP address or location when you open their emails.

How does it work?

When you enable Mail Privacy Protection, your email client (e.g. the Mail app on your iPhone or iPad) acts as a proxy server for fetching emails. This means that when you open an email, the email client fetches the email on your behalf, rather than your device directly connecting to the email server.

Here's what happens behind the scenes:

  1. Your email client (e.g. the Mail app) sends a request to the email server to fetch the email.
  2. The email server sends the email to the email client, which then forwards it to your device.
  3. The email client then displays the email to you, without revealing your IP address or location to the email sender.

Benefits of Mail Privacy Protection

By using a proxy IP address, Mail Privacy Protection helps to:

  1. Protect your privacy: Email senders won't be able to track whether you've opened their emails or not.
  2. Prevent tracking: Email senders won't be able to collect data on your browsing habits or behavior.
  3. Reduce spam: By making it harder for email senders to track your behavior, you're less likely to receive spam emails.

How to enable Mail Privacy Protection

To enable Mail Privacy Protection on your device:

  1. Go to Settings > Mail > Privacy Protection.
  2. Toggle on "Protect Mail Activity" to enable the feature.

Note that enabling Mail Privacy Protection may affect the functionality of some email features, such as email tracking or analytics. If you're concerned about this, you can disable the feature or use alternative email clients that don't use proxy IP addresses.