Anxious to regularly enrich its functionalities to face competition, in particular from industry giants such as Gmail, Proton carries its Hide-my-email alias management function within its own messaging solution. Available both from the web application and from its computer software, this functionality is accessible directly from the mailbox, offering better ergonomics to its users.
A unique alias to preserve your identity
If for ordinary people, Proton’s Hide-my-email functionality may seem mysterious, it is very useful for journalists, activists and anyone concerned about preserving their anonymity on the Web. In practice, it allows you to randomly generate an alias which replaces the user’s original email address.
Proton’s Hide-my-email service originates from the company’s acquisition of the open source SimpleLogin service in 2022. This allowed the creation of email address aliases. SimpleLogin played an important role in the development of the Proton Pass solution, since it made it possible to integrate this essential alias management functionality. As a result, Proton Pass, now available on Windows, is both a password manager and a digital identity manager.