<story><title>T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iCloud Private Relay in US</title><url>https://9to5mac.com/2022/01/10/t-mobile-block-icloud-private-relay/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>finite_jest</author><text>I think you should avoid T-Mobile if you can. Not just as a matter of principle, but also pragmatism. They have an extremely crude SMS censorship&amp;#x2F;anti-spam system [1] which even blocks links to lichess.org, the popular online chess website.&lt;p&gt;They have poor security practices like storing passwords in plaintext [2], and they had a large data breach (probably about 100M customers affected) last year. [3]&lt;p&gt;A̶n̶d̶ ̶n̶o̶w̶,̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶m̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶o̶w̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶t̶o̶c̶o̶l̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶c̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶o̶.̶&lt;p&gt;PS: This isn&amp;#x27;t protocol blocking at the packet&amp;#x2F;port level, so I may have used &amp;quot;protocol blocking&amp;quot; a bit inappropriately. Apparently Apple allows the carriers to prevent people from enabling iCloud Private Relay, and T-Mobile is doing that. Apple is probably doing so due to the pressure by the carriers. In August, four carriers (Vodafone, Telefonica, Orange and T-Mobile ) signed a letter urging the European Commission to stop Apple from providing Private Relay. (According to a report by The Telegraph: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.fo&amp;#x2F;BRUS4#selection-915.74-925.194&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.fo&amp;#x2F;BRUS4#selection-915.74-925.194&lt;/a&gt;) This, of course, still quite preposterous.&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=29744347&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=29744347&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=16776347&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=16776347&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=28192423&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=28192423&lt;/a&gt; (The first comment by @jonathanmayer has a list of other recent T-Mobile security incidents)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jc_811</author><text>I would love to leave T-Mobile, but they are the only carrier in the US who offers such a core piece of functionality for me: International service included out-of-the-box.&lt;p&gt;I love to travel, and nothing beats being able to land in (pretty much) any country in the world, turn on your phone and have working service just like that. No SIM cards, no different numbers, no local pre-paid cards, and no crazy international fees.&lt;p&gt;As someone who enjoys work&amp;#x2F;travel for weeks to months at a time, every other major carrier is not feasible for this (think 10$&amp;#x2F;day, which becomes unreasonable when you&amp;#x27;re out of the country for 3+ weeks).&lt;p&gt;Unless somebody else could recommend another option it seems I&amp;#x27;m stuck with T-Mobile for now.</text></comment>
<story><title>T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iCloud Private Relay in US</title><url>https://9to5mac.com/2022/01/10/t-mobile-block-icloud-private-relay/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>finite_jest</author><text>I think you should avoid T-Mobile if you can. Not just as a matter of principle, but also pragmatism. They have an extremely crude SMS censorship&amp;#x2F;anti-spam system [1] which even blocks links to lichess.org, the popular online chess website.&lt;p&gt;They have poor security practices like storing passwords in plaintext [2], and they had a large data breach (probably about 100M customers affected) last year. [3]&lt;p&gt;A̶n̶d̶ ̶n̶o̶w̶,̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶s̶e̶e̶m̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶o̶w̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶t̶o̶c̶o̶l̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶c̶k̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶o̶.̶&lt;p&gt;PS: This isn&amp;#x27;t protocol blocking at the packet&amp;#x2F;port level, so I may have used &amp;quot;protocol blocking&amp;quot; a bit inappropriately. Apparently Apple allows the carriers to prevent people from enabling iCloud Private Relay, and T-Mobile is doing that. Apple is probably doing so due to the pressure by the carriers. In August, four carriers (Vodafone, Telefonica, Orange and T-Mobile ) signed a letter urging the European Commission to stop Apple from providing Private Relay. (According to a report by The Telegraph: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.fo&amp;#x2F;BRUS4#selection-915.74-925.194&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.fo&amp;#x2F;BRUS4#selection-915.74-925.194&lt;/a&gt;) This, of course, still quite preposterous.&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=29744347&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=29744347&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=16776347&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=16776347&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=28192423&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=28192423&lt;/a&gt; (The first comment by @jonathanmayer has a list of other recent T-Mobile security incidents)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>k4ch0w</author><text>And go where? I&amp;#x27;ve had bad experiences with service with AT&amp;amp;T and Verizon in my area, Washington State. It&amp;#x27;s shockingly spotty.</text></comment>