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@ -16,20 +16,20 @@ documenting websites that subject people to the harms of Cloudflare by
maintaining a [massive list](../cloudflare_users/domains) of websites to avoid.
Unlike other tech giant adversaries to the CFT cause such as [GAFAM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAFAM)
(Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft), Cloudflare operates
(Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft), Cloudflare operates
surreptitiously and largely unknown to the general public, despite
having access to ~20-30%+ of the world's web traffic and 80%+ of CDN
market.
Their existence is so much in the shadows that privacy orgs
Their existence is so much in the shadows that privacy organizations
like "[Electronic Frontier Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation)" are largely oblivious to the threat of it.
Mainstream privacy orgs not only neglect to protect web users from Cloudflare,
but some of them actually naively use Cloudflare themselves and
unwittingly work against their own interest and declared purpose.
Some privacy and ethics advice sites like "Switching Software"
actually recommend Cloudflare sites to those who entrust them to
Mainstream privacy orgs not only *neglect* to protect web users from Cloudflare,
but some of them actually naively *use* Cloudflare themselves and
unwittingly work *against* their own interest and declared purpose.
Some privacy and ethical advice sites like "Switching Software"
actually *recommend* Cloudflare sites to those who entrust them to
give advice pursuant to their own stated purpose.
The problem is so rampant that it became important for the CFT
The problem is so [rampant](../PEOPLE.md) that it became important for the CFT
project's tracking of the Cloudflare problem to start keeping track of
organizations and the pseudo-anonymous aliases of representatives who
were spotted publicly promoting Cloudflare.
@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ allegedly in response to complaints.
> "target lists", with personal data, lists of employment status,
> social media identities,
Calling it a "target list" entails a presumption of how the list is
Calling it a "`target list`" entails a presumption of *how* the list is
used. For example, if a threat actor wants to join the CFT project to
gain access to our internal operations, it is not CFT targeting them
but rather CFT avoiding being targeted by their adversary. CFT has
@ -61,17 +61,17 @@ gained trust by posing as those who support the CFT cause.
Transparency is essential in exposing the corporate bias behind the
information and advice you are getting. For example, a forum for talk
about bicycles might require [Brompton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brompton_Bicycle) representatives to be tagged as
about bicycles might require [Brompton company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brompton_Bicycle) representatives to be tagged as
such so that other users are aware of the bias behind their posts.
It would actually be reckless *not* to identify such conflicts of
interest. This is particularly important when dealing with Cloudflare
because they have proven to publish misinformation regularly.
Codeberg's move to conceal who represents a company ultimately
promotes corruption and deception.
because they have *proven* to publish misinformation regularly.
Codeberg's move to *conceal* who represents a company ultimately
*promotes* corruption and deception.
Are forums hosted in Germany really forced to operate
non-transparently and conceal such conflicts of interest from the
public? Unlikely.
public? *Unlikely*.
For Codeberg to allege CFT tracks "personal data" with social media
identities is perversely deceptive. CFT did not track personal data