At this point, Apple has already handed over the encryption keys to the third party running the second of the two stops, so Apple can’t see what website you’re trying to access with your encrypted DNS request. This is the first of two stops your traffic will make before you see a website. Once the two pieces of information are split, Private Relay encrypts your DNS request and sends both the IP address and now-encrypted DNS request to an Apple proxy server. Those are your IP address (who and exactly where you are) and your DNS request (the address of the website you want, in numeric form). Once it’s enabled and you open Safari to browse, Private Relay splits up two pieces of information that-when delivered to websites together as normal-could quickly identify you. Privacy Relay is built into both the forthcoming iOS and MacOS versions, but it will only work if you’re an iCloud Plus subscriber and you have it enabled from within your iCloud settings. “For censorship-circumventing software like Tor, barriers to access are a significant human rights issue - especially in the face of escalating digital repression in some parts of the world.Apple Will Offer Onion Routing for iCloud/Safari UsersĪt this year’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced something called “iCloud Private Relay.” That’s basically its private version of onion routing, which is what Tor does. (In many cases, this is due to possessing a grey market iPhone in a country where it’s unusual to have a payment method accepted by the App Store.) “Selling an app inherently puts up a barrier to user adoption - not for users who simply don’t want to pay for software, but rather for those users who cannot pay for the software. “I think now is as good a time as ever to make Onion Browser more accessible to everyone. “Given recent events, many believe it’s more important than ever to exercise and support freedom of speech, privacy rights, and digital security,” Tigas wrote in a blog post. The move has sparked a tidal wave of interest, with the app receiving thousands of downloads every day since the price was removed. Up until recently it had been available for just $0.99 (£0.69), the lowest non-free price allowed by Apple, but the cost has been scrapped due to Tigas’ worries that the price was limiting access to anonymous browsing for those who need it most.
App developer and privacy journalist Mike Tigas has made his privacy-conscious Onion web browser free for iOS users, four years after it was first made available on the Apple App Store.
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