Private Relay and NordVPN

VPN
1

I have run NordVPN for years now. I noticed that my Private Relay is on as well. Does this matter? Is one cancelling the other out? Etc?

Thanks in advance.

2

Private Relay can be used alongside a traditional VPN, whether that’s a personal or company VPN. According to Apple developers, that currently means Private Relay will ignore the traffic of your VPN.

3

Why are you using NordVPN? They are generally pointless for anything other than evading geographic restrictions.

They also obscure details about endpoints from network operators and service providers, which is of dubious value, especially since it puts the VPN provider (or anyone who compromises them) in the position of gathering that information instead. Private Relay on it’s own also obscures this information.

4

I noticed that my internet speeds dropped by 75% if I turned on Private Relay while connected to my VPN provider.

5

So with he VPN on Private relay really does nothing?

6

Developers will have to change their VPN’s so that they work with private relay. Depending on which one you have, you can check and see if they work together or not.