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I don’t think the concern here is TLS, but rather how CloudFlare works. This is a unique problem to CloudFlare. TLS itself is not the issue.
by mildmotive 3y ago
I don’t think the concern here is TLS, but rather how CloudFlare works. This is a unique problem to CloudFlare. TLS itself is not the issue.
- SXX 3y agoNothing wrong with TLS. It's just funny how author suggests that someone actually cared about Snowden revelations. It's like "We were worried about mass surveillance after Snowden so decided to host everything directly on FBI servers" because CloudFlare is exactly this.
- walterbell 3y agoA decade late, but there's a draft bill, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38185720 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38185720 > a Frankenstein bill more than 200 pages long, combining the choicest parts of a stack of cannibalized privacy bills that rarely made it past committee. The patchwork effect helps form a comprehensive package, targeting various surveillance loopholes and tricks at all levels of government—from executive orders signed by the president, to contracts secured between obscure security firms and single-deputy police departments in rural areas ... The GSRA is a Christmas list for privacy hawks and a nightmare for authorities who rely on secrecy and circumventing judicial review to gather data on Americans without their knowledge or consent.
- SXX 3y agoThat's actually a great news. At least some legal barrier is better than none.