根据 Android Authority 的消息, Google 正在 Google Play Services 中添加一个能够为用户生成随机邮箱别名的快捷功能, 称之为 "Shielded Email".
通过这部分来自 Google Play Services 程序包中的代码, 可以看出 Shielded Email 就是常见的别名邮箱功能, 类似于 iCloud, Firefox Relay 和 SimpleLogin, 会将接受到的电子邮件转发给主账户, 实现保护个人隐私和预防数据泄露.1
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14<string name="autofill_datatype_shielded_email_subtext">Generated email addresses</string>
<string name="autofill_datatype_shielded_email_title">Shielded Email</string>
<string name="autofill_shielded_ids_cancel_button_text">Cancel</string>
<string name="autofill_shielded_ids_create_button_text">Use address</string>
<string name="autofill_shielded_ids_email_dialog_lower_message_new_user">Emails forward to ^1. To control spam, you can turn off forwarding at any time in your Google Account. <a href="^2">Learn more about Shielded Email</a>.</string>
<string name="autofill_shielded_ids_email_dialog_title_new_user">Keep your email address private with Shielded Email</string>
<string name="autofill_shielded_ids_email_dialog_title_returning_user">Use Shielded Email?</string>
<string name="autofill_shielded_ids_email_dialog_upper_message_new_user">Use an email address created for this app. This can protect you from online tracking and data breaches.</string>
<string name="autofill_shielded_ids_email_dialog_upper_message_returning_user">Use an email address created for this app. Emails will forward to ^1</string>
<string name="autofill_shielded_ids_email_label">Use Shielded Email</string>
<string name="autofill_shielded_ids_error_retry_button_text">Try again</string>
<string name="autofill_shielded_ids_generic_error_message">Something went wrong. Please report the issue to <a href="https://go/sme-bugs">go/sme-bugs</a>. Error: ^1</string>
<string name="autofill_shielded_ids_progress_indicator_content_description">Progress indicator</string>
<string name="autofill_shielded_ids_refresh_button_content_description">@string/common_refresh</string>
这个功能位于 Android 的「自动填充」中, 这意味着它被注册为自动填充处理程序, 该功能在 Gboard 中的内联提示如下(目前点击后提示不可用):
根据提示, 该功能与 Google 账户直接关联, 所以很可能是提供给 Gmail 的专属别名, 这基本与 iCloud 的做法相同.
如果正式上线, 就会成为 Gmail 这么多年以来只能使用加号和点号寻址替代别名后推出的真正 Gmail 别名功能. 有关具体实现细节和定价方面的更多消息需要等待 Google 进一步公开.
