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> Cloudflare is not making the Internet safer, its just making it less open. They're doing both, eh? I switched my family's home DNS to Cloudflare's family-sa
by carapace 4y ago
> Cloudflare is not making the Internet safer, its just making it less open.
They're doing both, eh?
I switched my family's home DNS to Cloudflare's family-safe DNS ( https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-1-1-1-1-for-families/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-1-1-1-1-for-families... ) to protect them from malware and porno (I'm not a prude, they don't use the Internet for that (no really! We are weirdos.) and porn sites are often a malware vector anyway.)
A few months ago I noticed that you can't browse weed stores through their DNS anymore.
I don't really blame them, I'm assuming it's due to pressure from the US Federal Gov. (who still consider pot to be some insanely dangerous narcotic!) But it was definitely a personal "until they come for you" moment.
- JohnFen 4y agoThis sounds like perfectly reasonable behavior, not needing any pressure from government agencies. I would assume that anything purporting to filter the internet to be "family safe" would exclude weed stores, as well as liquor stores, tobacco stores, and anything else that most people would consider inappropriate for children.