Brave’s browser one-ups Chrome with its new support for email aliases

Brave 浏览器推出电子邮件别名功能，在隐私保护上更胜 Chrome 一筹

Chrome alternative Brave just added a good reason to make the switch to its browser: email aliases. The feature, announced this week, allows Brave’s users to sign up for websites and other online services without having to share their personal email addresses. Chrome 的替代品 Brave 浏览器近日新增了一项令人心动的切换理由：电子邮件别名功能。该功能于本周发布，允许 Brave 用户在注册网站或其他在线服务时，无需透露其真实的个人电子邮箱地址。

To use the feature, you first need to create an account with Brave, where you can provide your real email address. Then, once logged into the browser, you’ll see a pop-up appear when clicking an email field on a website, offering the option to use an alias instead. (If the pop-up doesn’t appear, just right-click on the field to access the option.) The email alias will be filled in on the website’s form, and any emails coming to that address will be forwarded to your primary email account. 要使用此功能，您首先需要创建一个 Brave 账户并绑定您的真实邮箱。登录浏览器后，当您点击网站上的电子邮件输入框时，会弹出一个窗口，提示您选择使用别名。如果弹窗未出现，只需右键点击输入框即可找到该选项。系统会自动在表单中填入别名，发送到该地址的所有邮件都会被转发至您的主邮箱。

The company explains that using an alias can protect your privacy, particularly because websites use your email as a personal identifier, allowing them to target you for ads. Ad tech giants like Meta are also able to match the email you provided to a retailer’s website, for instance, with the address they have on file for you, allowing these companies to track what you bought or viewed. Plus, if any website where you shared your email gets hacked, the hackers will then know your primary email address, and this information can be leaked and shared with data brokers. Brave 解释称，使用别名可以保护隐私，因为许多网站会将您的邮箱作为个人标识符，从而向您投放精准广告。例如，Meta 等广告技术巨头能够将您在零售网站上提供的邮箱与他们数据库中的地址进行匹配，进而追踪您的购买或浏览记录。此外，如果您分享过邮箱的网站遭到黑客攻击，您的主邮箱地址就会泄露，并可能被转卖给数据经纪人。

Brave says it built the new feature to plug this privacy hole, adding that it doesn’t read the contents of emails sent to an alias — it only processes them for spam and virus filtering. After the email is forwarded, Brave deletes it from its servers. All data in users’ Brave accounts is also encrypted at rest, and any notes you save alongside an alias are stored locally on your device, unless you turn on the sync option. If syncing is enabled, notes will be encrypted end-to-end. Brave 表示，开发此功能旨在填补这一隐私漏洞。公司强调，他们不会读取发送至别名的邮件内容，仅会进行垃圾邮件和病毒过滤处理。邮件转发后，Brave 会立即从服务器上将其删除。用户 Brave 账户中的所有数据在存储时均已加密，且您为别名添加的备注默认存储在本地设备上，除非您开启同步功能。若开启同步，备注将进行端到端加密。

As the email alias feature is still new, Brave cautioned that some of the forwarded mail may initially go to your spam folder, but this should improve as Brave builds up its reputation score as a mail provider. For the time being, Brave users are being offered five free email aliases. More will be available for Premium plan users in the future. 由于电子邮件别名功能尚处于起步阶段，Brave 提醒用户，部分转发邮件初期可能会被归入垃圾邮件文件夹，但随着 Brave 作为邮件服务商的信誉度提升，这种情况会有所改善。目前，Brave 用户可免费获得五个电子邮件别名，未来高级版（Premium）用户将享有更多配额。