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Apart from Cloudflare being an access restricted walled garden that harms interoperability, I really do not want my content on CF & I do not want CF content reaching me. This bug is one of many issues likely caused by Cloudflare:

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/4806490

I would like to flip a switch that has the effect of making my whole UX Cloudflare-free. Cloudflare is antithetical to decentralization and it has clearly broken the #Lemmy network.

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[–] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

https://spyware.neocities.org/cloudflare.txt

Tl;dr: The text states that CloudFlare acts as a bad Man-In-The-Middle for the entire internet:

  1. It tells you which browser to use, or else you'll face a captcha or a "Access Denied" screen.
  2. The extensive data collected by JavaScript scripts injected on-the-fly by CloudFlare poses a privacy threat to users (mouse movements, scrolling, keystrokes, device information, mouse clicks, and more).
  3. It acts as a Man-In-The-Middle for SSL. When you connect to a website, you're actually connecting to CloudFlare's servers, which then relay the data to the actual website, allowing them to intercept all traffic between you and the website.
  4. CloudFlare often blocks Tor users without reason. Using Tor doesn't make you a criminal, right?
  5. CloudFlare makes browsing the internet without JavaScript nearly impossible.
  6. Cloudflare can potentially attack individual users with malicious JavaScript because you typically enable JavaScript to use websites, falling into their trap. Since they track users, provide personalized code, and collaborate directly with the US government/DHS, there's no reason they couldn't tailor attacks to specific users.

This isn't just an individual problem but a fundamental threat to the internet ecosystem.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting stuff. Is there more? Some more technical resources (and not a neocities site?)

I like Cloudflare for all of its conveniences. But this definitely gives me food for thought.

[–] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Do you mean CloudFlare related stuff or privacy in general?