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iCloud Private Relay

ICloud Private Relay is a feature that separates a user’s IP address from their DNS queries by splitting the browsing path across two independent relays.

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How does iCloud Private Relay technically separate IP addresses from DNS queries and what are potential failure modes?

separates a user’s IP address from their DNS queries by splitting the browsing path across two independent relays—’s ingress relay learns the client IP but not the destination, while a third‑party egr...