How to Sign Into Apps and Websites With Your Apple ID

One drawback with creating an account with an app or website is that the developers and vendors now have access to your email address and other forms of contact information. In the wrong hands, that data can be used to track your activities, send you spam, or be shared with other companies.

With Sign in with Apple, apps and websites can request only your name and email address to set up your account. But you can use an option known as Hide My Email to generate a random email address that then forwards messages to your actual address. Only the vendor can send you emails using this random address, and you can disable it whenever you want.

Furthermore, Apple promises not to track your activities as you sign into and use various apps and websites. In contrast, the sign-up options for Google and Facebook share your name, email address, and other data with developers and vendors. At the very least, the Sign in with Apple feature ensures that fewer entities will have access to your contact information.

The limiting factor, of course, is that the app or website has to support Sign in With Apple. However, since the feature’s 2019 launch, more developers have added support. Apple has stated that Sign in with Apple is mandatory for all apps that offer third-party sign-in options, such as those for Facebook and Google.