diff --git a/PEOPLE.md b/PEOPLE.md index 2dfa1bb1d..ff9ece24a 100644 --- a/PEOPLE.md +++ b/PEOPLE.md @@ -40,6 +40,28 @@ Correcting the wrongs of CloudFlare entails some unfair discrimination against c -- [Activist](https://activism.openworlds.info/@aktivismoEstasMiaLuo) +``` +There have been many cases of cloudflare denying people access to a website +without the website owner knowing. +I'm a legitimate user increasing my security by using a VPN but Cloudflare mistakenly +decides I'm a bot and denies access. +There have also been cases where Cloudflare just stops allowing anyone to visit a website +simply because they don't think anyone should be able to. + +Regardless, that's not my main objection to Cloudflare. +As a "man in the middle", they get access to all of my traffic. +With the SSL certificates they provide, your connection is encrypted to Cloudflare then +decrypted and sent to the server. The lock icon in your browser means absolutely nothing +when a third party is literally getting all of your traffic when you connect to that site. +Beyond that, with so many sites using Cloudflare, cross-site tracking becomes a problem. + +In addition, with so many websites behind Cloudflare, when it goes down, half the web is down. +The internet was designed to be decentralised and Cloudflare is centralising it. +Half of the internet relying on a single entity is dangerous. +``` +-- [Amolith](https://social.nixnet.services/@Amolith) + + --- | 🖼 | 🖼 |