New Firefox service will generate unique email aliases to enter in online forms

An anonymous reader writes: Browser maker Mozilla is working on a new service called Private Relay that generates unique aliases to hide a user's email address from advertisers and spam operators when filling in online forms.

The user can then enter these email addresses in web forms to send contact requests, subscribe to newsletters, and register new accounts. "We will forward emails from the alias to your real inbox," Mozilla says on the Firefox Private Relay website. "If any alias starts to receive emails you don't want, you can disable it or delete it completely."

The service entered testing last month and is currently in a closed beta, with a public beta currently scheduled for later this year.