Google may soon let you create email aliases in an effort to fight spam (AP

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• Google appears to working on an email forwarding alias system.
• Called “Shielded Email,” the intent appears to be hiding your main email address from apps demanding one.
• If spam ever becomes a problem, you can just turn off the forwarding.

It feels like every service, app, and website you use these days wants you to create an account for it. How many times have you been checking one of those out, only to pause slightly when it asks for your email address? Sure, Gmail is an absolute champ at filtering out spam, but every time you share your email with someone even a little bit shady, do you feel like you’re playing with fire and risking a whole bunch of unwanted contact? Google may just have a solution in the works, at least by the looks of our latest teardown.

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