private relay

[chevyboy60013]

wondering if it is worth using private relay or not?

 

[vivid.gear71]

I can tell you it is very worthy using it if you have iCloud plus.
It hides your IP address from Safari and mail. Also it encrypts all non-encrypt communication outside Safari browser.
If you care about privacy and go for it.

 

[appltech]

As for me, there's no need for that (why should we start using it? Share more data with Apple because they are "concerned" about our privacy, eh?))

 

[chevyboy60013]

I may consider it.

 

[one more]

I use Private Relay on and off and find that it has its plusses and minuses.

Pluses:
- as a VPN substitute, it allows me to open some sites that are otherwise inaccessible to me in a normal browsing mode;
- it gives an enhanced browsing privacy, as neither Apple nor the end-site know who is browsing and what.

Minuses:
- some sites slow down considerably with PR enabled;
- some web-based platforms/services simply do not work, a good example is snapdrop.net

So nowadays I only use PR if I cannot access a website for any reason and it usually helps.