{
  "id": 184244,
  "title": "Apple’s Private Relay isn’t always hiding your IP address, researchers say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/apples-private-relay-isnt-always-hiding-your-ip-address-researchers",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-05T16:31:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/apple-private-relay-flaw-3694923/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A recent study has revealed that Apple's Private Relay feature may not always effectively conceal a user's IP address. This finding comes from security researchers Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry, who uncovered a bug in WebKit that allows websites to circumvent Apple's iCloud Private Relay and expose users' actual IP addresses during passkey authentication. The issue arises when a website requests a passkey or even feigns support for one – at this point, the network request is processed outside of Safari's regular web browser stack. Instead, Apple's system-level credential service takes over and handles the request directly. Apple has acknowledged the report and stated that they are currently investigating the matter.",
  "summary": "A flaw in WebKit leaks real IP addresses, and Apple is already looking into it.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "iCloud Private Relay might be leaking your real IP address, researchers say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/icloud-private-relay-might-be-leaking-your-real-ip-address",
        "published": "2026-08-05T18:42:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}