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Wait, this comment made me aware of the existence of iCloud Relay. Apple built their own Tor only for Apple users? Why would they do that? Why not use Tor???
by rthomas6 2y ago
Wait, this comment made me aware of the existence of iCloud Relay. Apple built their own Tor only for Apple users? Why would they do that? Why not use Tor???
- guipsp 2y agoBecause it is 1. Not Tor and 2. Fast
- dewey 2y agoYou can use iCloud Relay without even noticing that you are using it, this is not true with Tor as you'll spend most of your time waiting for reconnecting circuits.
- crtasm 2y agoThat doesn't line up with my experience at all. You will still notice when some sites completely block you, of course.
- echoangle 2y agoIt’s more like a VPN instead of Tor
- hedora 2y agoActually, it’s closer to Tor, but hardcoded to two hops, and hop 1 and 2 are always different (audited) organizations. I wish they’d just used Tor though.
- echoangle 2y agoIsn’t hop 1 always apple and only the external IP is a secondary provider?
- kube-system 2y agoThere's no way they'd use Tor, because it has major UX problems.