Private Relay
When checking my pages on my iPad I was wondering why the location information reported by Google Analytics
was often off. I was getting a consistant logging of cities that were obviously not where I was accessing my pages.
I should have been getting London as a city but I seemed to be getting different cities around the UK.
These cities were consistant on a particular day, often one or two locations which were different on other days.
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What Apple say about Private Relay:
How Private Relay works
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Normally, when you browse the web, information contained in your web traffic, such as your DNS records and IP address,
can be seen by your network provider and the websites you visit. This information could be used to determine your identity
and build a profile of your location and browsing history over time. iCloud Private Relay is designed to protect your
privacy by ensuring that when you browse the web in Safari, no single party – not even Apple – can see both who you are
and what sites you're visiting.
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When Private Relay is enabled, your requests are sent through two separate, secure internet relays. Your IP address is
visible to your network provider and to the first relay, which is operated by Apple. Your DNS records are encrypted,
so neither party can see the address of the website you’re trying to visit. The second relay, which is operated by a
third-party content provider, will generate a temporary IP address, decrypt the name of the website you've requested
and connect you to the site. All of this is done using the latest
internet standards to maintain a high-performance browsing experience while protecting your privacy.
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