Apple announces iCloud+ privacy features at WWDC

Digital privacy sure is great, if you can afford it. 

At Monday's WWDC, Apple announced a host of new features which lean into its privacy-focused branding. As part of iCloud+, the new paid service will include both "Hide My Email" and "Private Relay" — the former will theoretically help you hide your real email address from online services, while the latter will work to mask your IP address. 

If Private Relay sounds a bit like a VPN to you, you're not too far off (though there are some important distinctions). 

"[Private Relay] ensures that the traffic leaving your device is encrypted, so no one can intercept and read it," the company announced at WWDC. "And all of your requests are sent through two separate internet relays. It's designed so that no one, including Apple, can see both who you are and what sites you're visiting." Read more...

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