Mozilla developers are preparing a new service called Private Relay. The new service will be available as an add-on to Firefox, and will create unique aliases to hide it address a user's email from companies that collect data when filling out electronic forms.
The service has been in testing since last month and is currently in beta. We will see the public beta later this year.
As mentioned, Private Relay will be available as a Firefox add-on and will allow users to create a unique email address (email alias) with one click.
The user can then enter this email address into web forms to send contact requests, subscribe to newsletters, or create new accounts.
"We will forward the email with your nickname to your actual inbox," Mozilla said on the Firefox Private Relay website.
“If any alias begins to receive messages email you don't want, you can disable it or delete it completely," the company says.
This concept has been around for decades, but managing these emails has always required extra work and common email providers do not give users such an option.
Via Firefox Private Relay, the Mozilla hopes to provide an easy-to-use solution that will allow users to create and destroy fake emails with a few clicks.