iCloud Website doesn't like Private Relay. But why?

[Bill Av]

I get why some websites don't like Private Relay, but this one is a bit odd. A website that I frequent that sells physical goods (T-shirts, posters and the like) won't let me on the site anymore. A warning comes up that says "***** does not allow the use of high risk VPNs to access our site". I understand why sites like streaming and gambling have issues with "VPNs", but why would a website that sells physical items have an issue with Private Relay?

 

[bob_zz123]

Could be lots of reasons - for example they could have fraudulent orders in the past that they identified were done using a VPN. On the other end of the spectrum they might just have overzealous security software. Ultimately there's probably not a lot you can do about it, you could try writing politely to them and pointing them to this page from Apple which explains why Apple think Private Relay connections are more trustworthy than your average VPN (https://developer.apple.com/icloud/prepare-your-network-for-icloud-private-relay/) but that's about it.

 

[erihp]

Could be lots of reasons - for example they could have fraudulent orders in the past that they identified were done using a VPN. On the other end of the spectrum they might just have overzealous security software. Ultimately there's probably not a lot you can do about it, you could try writing politely to them and pointing them to this page from Apple which explains why Apple think Private Relay connections are more trustworthy than your average VPN (https://developer.apple.com/icloud/prepare-your-network-for-icloud-private-relay/) but that's about it.

Sure would be nice if it was a little more granular than all on/all off.

 

[Bill Av]

Could be lots of reasons - for example they could have fraudulent orders in the past that they identified were done using a VPN. On the other end of the spectrum they might just have overzealous security software. Ultimately there's probably not a lot you can do about it, you could try writing politely to them and pointing them to this page from Apple which explains why Apple think Private Relay connections are more trustworthy than your average VPN (https://developer.apple.com/icloud/prepare-your-network-for-icloud-private-relay/) but that's about it.

Makes sense