iCloud+ Private Relay - Alternative to private browsing or browsing compartmentalization?

[t.n.d.]

Hi guys,

Wanted to start this discussion with you guys.

As you know, compartmentalization referres to using a private browser for casual navigation, while using the main browser for sites that need accounts. (this is the simplest example of it, I think).

Private browsers are the ones like Thor/Onion Browser/Brave, that in theory stop tracking/the cookies from being accessed by everyone (taking into account you also clean them) and have adblocking and so on...

Do you guys think that Safari + Private Relay will represent significant competition for this category of browsers?

Thanks!

 

[zakarhino]

I don't think Safari will represent significant competition as those browsers also offer additional protections and features beyond just the multi hop proxy system Apple have implemented. In fact Private Relay is somewhat useless against tracking because of multiple security holes in the system that expose a user's real IP (WebRTC IP extraction still works even with Private Relay enabled).