IMAGE: APPLE AUGUST 2021 MACWORLD 103T
his fall, Apple is upgrading all
paid iCloud accounts to
something it calls iCloud+ (fave.
co/368GjyB). It includes several
interesting new features on top of the
existing iCloud storage, sync, and cloud
features, but the most interesting might be
something Apple calls iCloud Private
Relay. At first, it sounds like a VPN (fave.
co/3Ao3N0D): Your web-browsing traffic is
encrypted and sent through a relay to hide
your exact location, IP, or the contents of
your browsing traffic.
It’s not a VPN, though. Not quite.
There are important differences, which
we’ll describe here. But iCloud Private
Relay may be enough for most people,
giving the most obvious benefits of a
VPN to millions of users who would
never consider signing up for one.iCloud+ Private Relay explained:
Don’t call it a VPN
The new iCloud+ privacy feature isn’t the same as a VPN, but for many users it might be
close enough.
BY JASON CROSS