マリウス – Thoughts on Cloudflare
11 hours ago
- #Cloudflare
- #Internet Infrastructure
- #Privacy Concerns
- Cloudflare is criticized for becoming an oligopoly/monopoly, seen as a net negative for the internet.
- Cloudflare's security measures can be bypassed by bad actors using their own services.
- Cloudflare acts as a man-in-the-middle SSL-terminating proxy, raising privacy concerns (e.g., Cloudbleed incident).
- Cloudflare has ties to the US Department of Homeland Security and controversial business practices.
- Cloudflare has been accused of supporting politically sensitive and illegal activities while punishing open-source developers.
- Alternatives to Cloudflare are suggested to promote competition (e.g., Fastly, BunnyCDN, DigitalOcean Spaces).
- Users are advised to move domains away from Cloudflare and avoid letting CDN/hosting providers manage domain registrations.
- Browser extensions can help identify Cloudflare-reliant sites, but may compromise privacy.
- Despite occasional positive contributions, Cloudflare's dominance poses systemic risks to the internet.