• Dessalines@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    They’re a giant middleman getting everything you put into html forms unencrypted.

    That includes all your usernames, passwords, and everything you submit via text boxes. Do not trust any site that uses cloudflare.

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      5 months ago

      This is such a Lemmy take, good god.

      “Cloudflare has been around for over a decade and doesn’t do anything nefarious with my data and have never shown any intention of doing so… but, consider this for a moment… what if they DID?”

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      5 months ago

      Oh hey, thanks for Lemmy!

      Yeah, I’m a bit horrified to learn that Cloudflare is the crytographic endpoint for clients. I’m wondering how much stuff I’ve let them see while unaware now.

      Y’know, because obviously nobody would voluntarily sign up for this kind of security bad practice. /s

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        5 months ago

        No probs! Yeah it’s wild that a lot of people not only using cloudflare sites, but also running them, don’t seem to mind that cloudflare is hoovering up everything.

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      5 months ago

      Oh yeah I’ll do a full research next time I enter a web page to see who hosts it. If it’s by Amazon or Microsoft I’ll give green light.