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They're all uppity that to use cloudflare proxy they have to terminate the ssl connection there. So technically cloudflare can sniff all the traffic. But that's kind of the point of WAFs and Reverse Proxies.
I would argue that the sheer amount of data throughput that Cloudflare has, you'd have to really be on a list to be monitored... and they certainly cannot just log all data willy nilly.
I suppose this one is quite simple. How can they cache, if they don't MitM the connection? I don't think it would be technically possible. If you want the cache/CDN you just need to use a company you trust. If you don't trust them then you don't get the cache/CDN.
Correct. But people are viewing the DDOS protection, Cache, WAF, etc... functions as evidence that Cloudflare is obviously malicious and storing 100% of all data traversing them.
I've seen no evidence of that yet, and will certainly discontinue use of them if they show such tendencies. Until then, I will absolutely leverage their platform for my use as a paying customer.
I do understand the fear with their free platform though... They've gotta make money somehow, and I feel there's probably a fear that is data collection.
I think my issue with cloudflare is not that I think they will compromise my data through their proxy to steal my passwords or go through my data, but that it seems quite likely given their ubiquity that the three letter agencies or similar have backdoor.
It's similar with say Google, i.e. I probably trust cybersecurity at Google more than at bitwarden. Unfortunately Google mines the shit out of my data (shitty but not dangerous) and will probably hand over stuff to some authoritarian government if they asked for it (physically dangerous).
You can also turn off all the features with a single click and Cloudflare will just be your nameserver.