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frizlab · 2026-09-22T21:10:00

How do you compare with iCloud Private Relay (with the obvious exception that private relay only works on macOS, and in specific apps only)?

dongcarl · 2026-09-22T21:21:13

We're heavily inspired by them (see our original blog post which is a bit more technical here: https://obscura.com/blog/bootstrapping-trust/)

The differences are:

- We allow you to choose an exit location (I believe iCloud Private Relay restricts you to the same location)

- Our exit hop is Mullvad instead of Cloudflare+Fastly+Akamai

- We use QUIC for transport instead of HTTP/3 (which is built on QUIC and has a bit more overhead)

Barbing · 2026-09-22T21:31:44

Same country at least - the iCloud Private Relay options, iOS:

“1: Maintain general location

2: Use country and time zone

Maintain your general location to receive localized content, or enhance your privacy by using a broader IP address based on your country and time zone.

Safari Private Browsing always uses an IP location from your country and time zone.”