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I can confirm that this is true. "Hilarious" is not the word I would use to describe it, "potentially criminal" I think is closer to correct.
by kyledrake 10y ago
I can confirm that this is true. "Hilarious" is not the word I would use to describe it, "potentially criminal" I think is closer to correct.
- fleitz 10y agoI'd call it business savvy.
- Dylan16807 10y agoThey seem to think they have firm legal ground. Keep in mind that most reverse proxies will do the same thing. The only difference with Cloudflare is that you don't know the destination IP.
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- driverdan 10y ago> potentially criminal Not even remotely. If the government steps in with a subpoena for the origin host IP or an injunction to stop protecting the site they'd stop. Someone on the internet asking them has no legal power to do so.
- kyledrake 10y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12568256 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12568256