We think Mullvad is a great privacy tool, which is why we partnered with them!

As for what's different: We're a Multi-*Party* Relays (vs. traditional VPNs which are Single-Party Relays): https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2024/11/17/where-are-...

With Multi-Party Relays you no longer have a trust a single entity not being malicious or compromised. More on this here: https://obscura.com/#how

Disclaimer: I'm the creator of Obscura.

How do you compare with iCloud Private Relay (with the obvious exception that private relay only works on macOS, and in specific apps only)?

We're heavily inspired by them (see our original blog post which is a bit more technical here: https://obscura.com/blog/bootstrapping-trust/)

The differences are:

- We allow you to choose an exit location (I believe iCloud Private Relay restricts you to the same location)

- Our exit hop is Mullvad instead of Cloudflare+Fastly+Akamai

- We use QUIC for transport instead of HTTP/3 (which is built on QUIC and has a bit more overhead)

	▲	Barbing 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Same country at least - the iCloud Private Relay options, iOS: “1: Maintain general location 2: Use country and time zone Maintain your general location to receive localized content, or enhance your privacy by using a broader IP address based on your country and time zone. Safari Private Browsing always uses an IP location from your country and time zone.”