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They're a public endpoint designed to intake communications from anybody. Identity is an outcome from people using the same email, and that's a valid reason for using a proxy, but the address itself has always been public.

More in-depth article about it: https://www.troyhunt.com/im-sorry-but-your-email-address-is-...




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