Apples Private Relay Isnt So Private After All, Can Leak Your IP Address
News Source : CNET
News Summary
- iCloud Private Relay is a feature for paid customers of Apple’s iCloud Plus service.
- It routes web traffic through proxy servers, obscuring your IP address and the website address you’re visiting.
- Security researchers at software company Mysk discovered that the IP address of a device or home network can be transmitted, which could be used to reveal a person's identity or location.
- The researchers chose to make the vulnerability public rather than report it to Apple first..
- An Apple representative didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Apples iCloud Private Relay feature is designed to obscure your web traffic so sites like advertisers, unscrupulous governments or malicious attackers cant trace that traffic back to you.
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