Comment by ignoramous
Comment by ignoramous 2 days ago
No, it isn't similar to Private Relay as its entire premise for 2 hop (versus 3 for Tor) hinges on anonymous authorization (via Privacy Pass) at the exit node.
Comment by ignoramous 2 days ago
No, it isn't similar to Private Relay as its entire premise for 2 hop (versus 3 for Tor) hinges on anonymous authorization (via Privacy Pass) at the exit node.
> But isn't that apple id + privacy relay as well
For authentication? Yes.
Private Relay has Tor-like guarantees (with 2 hops) baked into the protocol, as it uses anonymous authorization tokens (which can't be tied to Apple IDs they represent) at exit node.
https://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/iCloud_Private_Relay_Over...
But isn't that apple id + privacy relay as well.
I think you have misread things. They aren't comparing private relay with tor but rather with obscura for which the answer is a yes