[blurrybird]

To the OP, Private Relay is more than just tracker blocking it is a full-on VPN service that operates similar to an Onion router / TOR connection

Do a “what’s my IP” when it is enabled and you’ll see either a Cloudflare or Akamai IP.

[gbN025tt2Z1E2E4]

CloudFlare already has it's hands on unsettlingly large amount of global internet traffic, so why Apple would think anyone would be ok with them also seeing VPN traffic without user consent is beyond me.

[zwily]

You consent to it when you turn on Private Relay. (It’s off by default.)

[gbN025tt2Z1E2E4]

That's wrong, it is NOT off by default for everyone as I had to disable it on all my machines and I never explicitly enabled it (and never would).

[upon_drumhead]

It’s opt in. I never used it and don’t plan to and all my devices have it disabled.

[zwily]

Weird, I’ve never seen or even heard of that before now.