European providers want to block Private Transfer
Since iOS 15, Apple has added the Private Relay (or Private Relay) feature, but European carriers don’t like this at all and want to block the feature. iPhoned explains how it is.
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European providers want to block Private Relay
Several European providers, including Vodafone and T-Mobile, are not happy with Apple’s new Private Relay function. Just a few months after Apple announced the new feature, they sent a letter to the European Commission.
In this, the European providers indicate that Apple’s Private Forwarding function makes it difficult to manage their own networks. By hiding all data, the providers also no longer have access to ‘important network data’.
The providers hope to block the feature through the Digital Markets Act (DMA). This is a new law that (if all goes well) will come to a final agreement this year. This law provides additional supervision and rules for the world’s largest online platforms and responsibilities for providers of digital services towards their users.
The providers believe that Apple is a kind of ‘digital gatekeeper’ with the Private Relay function, and the DMA law is going to restrict that more.
Private Transfer in iCloud
Private Relay, or Private Relay in Dutch, is one of the new features in iOS 15. This feature hides your IP address and allows you to browse the web anonymously. Private retransmission is often compared to a VPN (Virtual Private Network). That is only partly right. A VPN anonymizes all your internet traffic. Private Relay doesn’t do that. It only works if you’re using Apple’s own Safari. When you browse the web in another browser, your activity is still visible.
You have to turn on Private Relay yourself, because the function is turned off by default. There is one more important point: if you use the free iCloud version with 5GB storage, you unfortunately cannot activate Private Transfer. Do you have a paid plan with 50GB, 200GB or 2TB storage space? Then turning on Private Relay is very simple.
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