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A protocol designed for client anonymity indicates an architectural commitment to preventing identification of users at the application layer.
Interpretive note: The excerpt states two independent design goals: preserving client anonymity and efficiently routing traffic. The primary claim is anonymity preservation; efficient routing is recorded in omitted_material.
Apple Intelligence's application-layer protocol is designed so that your identity as a client is preserved as anonymous during PCC interactions.
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A protocol designed for client anonymity indicates an architectural commitment to preventing identification of users at the application layer.
Apple Intelligence's application-layer protocol is designed so that your identity as a client is preserved as anonymous during PCC interactions.
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