Gmail might soon offer temporary email addresses

You probably already know how a temporary email address works. There are plenty of services that offer such inboxes online. Most even do it absolutely for free. Honestly, it’s kind of surprising that none of the major tech players have offered the service up until now. Well, that might soon change. The good folks over at Android Authority spotted some references in the latest Gmail Android app to something called “Shield Email”. The concept is simple – Google gives you a temporary email address to give out to third parties instead of your actual email. Then, as you receive an email to your...