Comment by ignoramous
Comment by ignoramous 10 months 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 10 months 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