Brave introduces built-in email aliasing to boost user privacy

Brave has added an email-alias capability to its browser, allowing sign-ups without disclosing personal email addresses. After creating a Brave account and entering a real address, the browser presents a pop-up when an email field is clicked, offering a disposable alias that forwards incoming mail to the user's inbox. The company argues this protects privacy by preventing advertisers and data brokers from linking activity to the primary address and reduces risk if a site is breached.

Forwarded messages are scanned for spam and viruses, then removed from Brave's servers; all account data is encrypted at rest, and notes tied to aliases stay local unless sync is enabled, in which case they are end-to-end encrypted. Initially, some forwarded mail may land in spam folders as Brave builds a reputation score. Users receive five free aliases, with additional ones slated for future Premium plans.