• Rusticus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Easy privacy so my data can’t be mined. I am not comfortable with any random company or person sifting through my browsing habits. Note to yourself and others: private relay does not protect or anonymize illegal or illicit activity.

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      1 year ago

      Ok I see. I’m already subscribed to a VPN service, and I do use Quad9 DNS servers on my router, so I don’t think that service would add a lot of benefits to me.

      Also, even though I like Apple products, I tend to avoid their services…

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        1 year ago

        I don’t mean to be pedantic, but private relay is a little different than a third party VPN service (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212614). You still have to trust the VPN provider with your logs as well as Quad9 with your DNS requests. There are examples of VPN providers that have said “we delete your logs” when in fact they do not. On the other hand, I have to trust that Apple is not logging my browsing. To me, the private relay approach appears to guarantee that but obviously there’s some risk no matter how you do it. I won’t argue with the dislike for Apple services.