Apple Watch no longer leaks IP addresses with Mail privacy features enabledWhat you need to know
Apple has fixed a watchOS 8 issue that caused Mail to leak IP addresses when loading images.
The new watchOS 8.5 update fixes the privacy issue and is available for download now.
Mail Privacy Protection is available across Apple's platforms.
The fix has been coming since a problem was identified back in November of 2021.
The newly-released watchOS 8.5 update appears to fix a problem that previously allowed the Mail app on Apple Watches to leak a user's IP address even with Mail Privacy Protection enabled.
The issue was first noted late last year. Mail Privacy Protection is supposed to prevent third-party servers from identifying a user's IP address when they load an image in an email. That wasn't happening on Apple Watches — until this week's watchOS 8.5 update.
Good news: As of iOS 15.4 and watchOS 8.5 the Mail app on the watch no longer leaks the IP address when downloading remote content. Remote content is blocked on the watch even when Mail Privacy ...
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Apple Watch no longer leaks IP addresses with Mail privacy features enabled
