▲ 116 ▼ Why does everyone hate Cloudflare? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Mamertine@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 70 comments fedilink hide all child comments They get shit on a lot here. Why? What do they do and how is that different from other companies that offer similar services? What I know of them: they offer DDS brute force/spam protection for websites.
[–] kn33@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's worth mentioning the advantage of why they do this. There are several reasons, but the two most common are: Seeing the data means they can do a better job at detecting attacks and fending them off. They can issue certificates with longer lives from their private CA which simplifies certificate management for their customers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago considering they are a US company they are bound by US warrantless wiretapping laws. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) Plus other capabilities like injecting banners, caching, etc permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gregorum@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) you say, "caching," CF says, "ca-ching!" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago considering they are a US company they are bound by US warrantless wiretapping laws. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) Plus other capabilities like injecting banners, caching, etc permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gregorum@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) you say, "caching," CF says, "ca-ching!" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) you say, "caching," CF says, "ca-ching!" permalink fedilink source parent