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> A Cloudflare Ray ID is an identifier given to every request that goes through Cloudflare. https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/cloudflare

> A Cloudflare Ray ID is an identifier given to every request that goes through Cloudflare. https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/cloudflare-ray-id/ https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/clo... if you think a little creatively about how this information could be used by an organization that was created at the insistence of the United States Department of Homeland Security, then you're on the right track.

acdha 7mo ago
This is a silly conspiracy theory: the ray ID references the specific CDN edge server which processed your request. Even the request ID is not what you’re implying: that’s unique for a single request, but it’s not public and anyone who has your HTTPS payload has equivalent tracking capabilities.