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PSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP address

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Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
50/100

Date Published: 2026-08-05

Date Updated: 2026-08-05

Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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Researchers Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk disclosed that flaws in Apple’s WebKit allow Apple Private Relay (an iCloud+ Safari-only feature) to be bypassed and reveal users' real IP addresses; they published a blog post and a test site demonstrating the leak, noted Private Relay is not a system-wide VPN, and said they did not report the issue to Apple due to prior disclosure difficulties.

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