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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Did you even look at the article or did you see "Cloud flare" in the title and immediately grabbed your pitchfork?

The article is outlining a situation where Cloudflare is advocating to maintain privacy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

...but why? What do they gain from it?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Business, the core of their business model over any other CDN is that steadfast privacy that they will only give information when it's mandated by a court order

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But do they have "canaries" that allow the user to verify they are indeed doing that?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yes they have a canary entry on their transparency reports.

[–] hal_5700X -5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

This haves nothing to do with the article. Cloudflare overall haves too much power on the Internet. On August 31st 2022, Matthew Prince (Cloudflare's CEO) released a statement defending his role as a service provider and not a regulatory body. But 3 days later, Cloudflare blocks a website called Kiwifarms. You maybe thinking, "Wait, that goes against his first statement he made.". You're right. I ask you, do you want a company like that to have so much power over the Internet?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

omg that bar that kicked me out for being a belligerent asshole has stopped being a bar and now they've become the police. They have too much power!