What’s cloudflare done?
Cloudflare has human checks before you can access some sites. Some apps and screenreaders no longer work with those sites.
They’re all uppity that to use cloudflare proxy they have to terminate the ssl connection there. So technically cloudflare can sniff all the traffic. But that’s kind of the point of WAFs and Reverse Proxies.
I would argue that the sheer amount of data throughput that Cloudflare has, you’d have to really be on a list to be monitored… and they certainly cannot just log all data willy nilly.
I suppose this one is quite simple. How can they cache, if they don’t MitM the connection? I don’t think it would be technically possible. If you want the cache/CDN you just need to use a company you trust. If you don’t trust them then you don’t get the cache/CDN.
Correct. But people are viewing the DDOS protection, Cache, WAF, etc… functions as evidence that Cloudflare is obviously malicious and storing 100% of all data traversing them.
I’ve seen no evidence of that yet, and will certainly discontinue use of them if they show such tendencies. Until then, I will absolutely leverage their platform for my use as a paying customer.
I do understand the fear with their free platform though… They’ve gotta make money somehow, and I feel there’s probably a fear that is data collection.
No high-profile cases yet, but some people are already concerned: https://crimeflare.eu.org/
Guess I’ll just have to touch grass.
Google, try pulling data from me being at the park when my phone gets left at home!
Facial recognition go brrrAmazon Ring cameras: Hello
What about a fully encrypted peer to peer web?
Let’s go Veilid!
Like freenet?
It’s the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny
In the end you need a DNS that blocks all tracking…
PiHole ftw!
Only gets the job done when you are at home or have a constant VPN to your home.
AdGuard or NextDNS ftw!
If you’re tech savvy enough to set up PiHole you can also set up a Wireguard VPN.
Yes i know but just using NextDNS is way more convenient and less expensive (especially when a raspberry pi computers are 100€ and above in your area…)
I just use a DigitalOcean VPS. $6+tax a month, plus some other self-hosted services. Don’t have to worry about being connected to home or buying a Pi. Still may be more expensive, but not by much (only $4-$6 more expensive depending on how much you use the internet), but this also allows you to setup your own DNS if you want as well.
I don’t know how the government will be able to effectively ban E2EE and honestly I want to see them try
Tories are just trying to kick up as much shit as possible before they’re kicked out so they can blame the next party for the fallout.
Seems like something politicians who have not touched a computer would try to pass
