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Re:Apple’s Private Relay can cause the system to ignore fire... by pornel on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:32AM (#31155384)
Especially rich coming from a VPN vendor, whose business happens to be threatened by Apple's relay.
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Re:Apple’s Private Relay can cause the system to ignore fire... by VWWHFSfQ on Monday April 25, 2022 @10:41AM (#31155531)
Seems like a valid complaint to me. Apple is giving themselves privileges to end-around potential competitors on their platforms. Although this is not new.
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Re:Apple’s Private Relay can cause the system to ignore fire... by jeffbee on Monday April 25, 2022 @12:36PM (#31157272)
This isn't something Apple has sneakily reserved for itself. Any process the user authorizes can access PF_NDRV sockets which bypass firewall rules. It's a documented feature of Darwin.
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Re:Apple’s Private Relay can cause the system to ignore fire... by VWWHFSfQ on Monday April 25, 2022 @12:45PM (#31157419)
I fail to see the difference. apple authorized themselves to bypass firewall rules without the users input
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Re:Apple’s Private Relay can cause the system to ignore fire... by howinteresting on Monday April 25, 2022 @04:27PM (#31160146)
Personally I trust Mullvad a million times more than Apple. Mullvad is one of the few vendors which have earned my trust. Meanwhile, Apple caved into pressure from the FBI to keep iCloud message backups unencrypted.
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