Apple’s iCloud Private Relay is back to private status, after an apparent fix in iOS 26.6.1 patched the vulnerability that would expose a person’s IP address even when the feature was enabled.
iCloud Private Relay is a paid feature available only to those with an iCloud Plus subscription. When it’s active, it routes web traffic through proxy servers to mask your physical location and web traffic. It’s specific to Apple’s Safari web browser and apps that use Apple’s WebKit framework, and is not the same as a VPN, which hides all internet traffic.
Earlier in August, developers Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk noticed that Apple devices with iCloud…
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