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I wish more of the HN crowd would understand that Cloudflare were never the good guys. Their business model has always been man-in-the-middle the entire interne
by mike_d 4y ago
I wish more of the HN crowd would understand that Cloudflare were never the good guys. Their business model has always been man-in-the-middle the entire internet.
Every site you put behind Cloudflare contributes to the future where they have the singular ability to decide what networks can connect to others.
- kube-system 4y agoIt’s not like that’s a secret, it’s the whole point of their service.
- hypertele-Xii 4y agoThe obvious sometimes needs repeating lest we forget the forest for the trees.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoHow could anyone who regularly uses the internet forget that Cloudflare is acting as an intermediary between X and Y?
- Tozen 4y agoYou are right, it does need repeating. Centralized control, means that at some point, they can decide to abuse that power to do whatever they want and at everyone else's expense. They can decide access, what can be seen, or what the "new" rules are and despite any objections.
- unmole 4y ago> Every site you put behind Cloudflare contributes to the future where they have the singular ability to decide what networks can connect to others. Except for the fact that you can disable Cloudflare on your site anytime you choose.
- paledot 4y agoYeah, but I can't disable it on your site.