It definitely masks your IP and routes you through a different service. I was trying it out once and a TV site was giving me greif about my location. Figured out what happened as I was experimenting with the iCloud Relay at the time.
> On Jun 16, 2024, at 11:07, Bradford Snyder <wb...@swbell.net> wrote: > > I don’t think iCloud Private Relay does the same thing as a VPN service, > which makes it appear that your IPs location is somewhere different than > where you really are. > > - Brad - > > > > On Jun 16, 2024, at 11:01, Herbie Allen <herbie.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would think the best solution would be iCloud Private relay. It’s already > builtin to the cloud and while not exactly hidden, it wouldn’t show up as an > extra app. I don’t know how it compares to the other VPN’s, but I would > imagine since it’s Apple it’s probably good considering how they are with > privacy. > >> On Jun 16, 2024, at 00:46, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> Hi there everyone you might want to give some thought to using a VPN when >> you go abroad. My dad’s wife made a trip to China last year and it turned >> out when she got to China. They inspected everybody’s iPhones to see what >> apps they were using, and when she heard about the inspection, she had to >> take the VPN app off her phone. She wanted to be able to check her email >> outside of China while she was there. It turns out because of what the >> Chinese were doing. She was not able to do that and she could not respond to >> my email until she got back home. That was very sad. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jun 16, 2024, at 12:47 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> So I’m reading that you can bypass country restrictions by using a VPN. >>> Thinking about giving it a try. What VPN are people here using? 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