Quetta browser v2.0.8 lets you use a masked email address for better privacy

The latest version of the Quetta browser brings a very handy privacy feature: email aliases/masked email addresses.

Very few browsers directly support this on Android at the moment; two good examples are Firefox (you need to use an add-on) and the DuckDuckGo browser. While Brave supports email aliases, it’s restricted to the desktop version for now.

To give this feature a go, I updated Quetta, and sure enough, it was available. To access this feature, just tap the three-dot menu that’s located at the bottom right. Following this, you’ll directly find an option that says “Quetta Email Mask.”

From here, you’ll need to set up the masked email. I was asked to enter my email address, and then log in via my inbox.

Once the email has been verified, you can choose what to sync. 

That completes the setup of your masked email. To test it out, I sent a mail to this alias email address, which ends with a “quetta.email” extension.

The email shows up specifically within the inbox of the Quetta browser. In my Gmail Inbox, it did not show up. This isn’t a bug, and they’ve designed it this way intentionally. The official documentation for the feature states that Quetta Email Mask does not forward your emails to your original inbox. You will only get them via this section in the browser. If you want to avoid clogging your main email perhaps, this is a useful feature.

Furthermore, the maximum number of aliases you can create per email address is five.

If you’re not aware of this browser, Quetta is a rather niche option that has two main features. One of them is a built-in video downloader, which can detect and save videos in various formats directly from webpages. You don’t have to use any third-party tools whatsoever to download videos if you use this browser.

Another key feature is support for extensions. While browsers such as Kiwi, Vivaldi, Firefox, Edge, and others also offer support for extensions on Android, the Quetta browser lets you install extensions directly from both the Chrome Web Store and Microsoft Edge add-ons.

Features aside, the browser is also focused on privacy and security. It blocks ads, pop-ups, redirects, and tracking scripts at the kernel level.

The company officially announced this feature through a post on X, which we have attached below.

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