iCloud Private Relay (iPR) by Apple: Block / Allow
If you are an Apple Safari / iCloud user – this applies to you.
iCloud Private Relay (iPR) by Apple will break all Family Safe Internet services, and Parental Controls.
Therefore Kibosh must block iPR out-of-the-box (i.e., by default) – and this will interfere with some Apple centric services: Safari & iCloud.
What is iCloud Private Relay by Apple?
Read Apple’s official explanation (with commentary).
What happens if I turn iPR back on?
- No more Family Safe Internet – but only when using Safari.
- No more privacy: all-of-your-internet-data will go through Apple’s servers for processing, and then to a raw internet.
- No more parental controls over Safari
Is there a benefit to using iPR?
None: if we have turned iPR off correctly you should not notice any impact to service.
But you will constantly see the “Privacy Warning’s” from Apple (which are hilarious and can be disregarded).
Why would you want to use iPR?
If you want to use Safari on iOS without the scary “privacy warnings”.
If iCloud / Apple’s email client is not working right – report this to Kibosh and we’ll try to fix it.
You want to use raw internet and trust Apple.
What kind of issues will leaving iPR blocked cause?
Apple devices will show ‘Warnings your Internet is not private…’ everywhere, even though the opposite is true.
iCloud mail clients might not work 100% – you can use a browser or non-macOS email client like Thunderbird.
Switch to a better browser – Chrome, Brave or FireFox.
What do you recommend as best long-term options to deal with iPR?
Switch to Chrome, Brave or FireFox for Internet
Switch to Thunderbird for email client.
How to unBlock (re-enable) Apple Private Relay on a Device:
Step-by-Step:
- From your Kibosh Portal…
- Go to Connected Devices
- Find and then double-click on your Device
- Go to Filters
- Search for ‘private relay’
- Enable Apple Private Relay
- Search for ‘private relay’
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Watch: How to Enable (i.e., unblock) Apple’s Private Relay on a Mac Device
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iCloud Private Relay is an internet privacy service offered as a part of an iCloud+ subscription that allows users on iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey and later to connect to and browse the web more privately and securely. Private Relay protects users’ web browsing in Safari, DNS resolution queries, and insecure http app traffic. Internet connections set up through Private Relay use anonymous IP addresses that map to the region a user is in, without divulging the user’s exact location or identity. Learn how to provide the best possible experience for users of Private Relay on your network or website.
Commentary | Interpretation:
- iCloud Private Relay is an encrypted tunnel ala VPN that forces all of your internet activity through Apple’s Servers for analysis and recording.
- ‘insecure http traffic‘ – the entire HTTPS Everywhere, labeled again “for our protection” is a grift to get everyone onto/into HTTPS for these reasons:
- HTTPS requires constant renewal which costs hundreds of dollars a year to maintain.
- All the big tech companies own the HTTPS certificate companies that require no human effort to produce.
- HTTPS is being used as a Digital fence to prevent anyone but the big tech companies from seeing what’s inside the HTTPS tunnel
- iCloud Private Relay is all the above on steroids.
- HTTPS requires constant renewal which costs hundreds of dollars a year to maintain.
“Be patient — be patient, my child; for in patience know ye thine own soul!”
