@desertdruid@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Post #121979
2026-01-09 20:45 UTC
Replies (11)
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@AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-09 20:55
Let me explain you what are those fines for: In Italy, soccer is so powerful that commands the government. They can legally block batches of IP adresses just because one of them could be streaming a soccer game. It means if your IP is in the batch (even if you are innocent but just happens to share server with that pirate) you are cut from internet. No appeal, the IP is dead and your only choice is get a new one. It's so dumb that they even blocked google once because of it. Cloudshare is fighting that, and I can assure you everyone in Italy, except the usual assholes licking the politician boots are beyond pissed with the so called "piracy shield".
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@Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 2026-01-09 20:54
Thank you for linking via xcancel.com rather than to that service directly. Wish more posters would do this.
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@Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 2026-01-09 20:56
Cloudflare has caused too much of the internet to be centralized under their whims. There need to be more alternatives for DDoS protection; I don't use any at all for my self-hosted site, but if I ever do, it won't be Cloudflare.
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@boatswain@infosec.pub 2026-01-09 20:47
It reads to me like they're being responsible and not bowing to censorship; seems very similar to PornHub's approach to age verification laws. What would be a better course of action here, in your view?
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@Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 2026-01-10 07:37
You can't trust any American oligarchs or large American companies. The "shadowy cabal" rhetoric is funny considering how there is zero real judicial overcite if US technology companies due to corruption in all three branches of the government.
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@fodor@lemmy.zip 2026-01-10 02:02
Good. Cloudflare is a tool for censorship and spying. Let them leave countries, so that international companies will be forced to stop using them. Interesting how quick that would happen, guaranteed.
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@portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-01-10 21:51
It just reads like "look we basically run and own most of the internet so you can't just boss us around. Because if you do everything breaks because everything is us." I hate it.
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@deathbird@mander.xyz 2026-01-10 19:01
It looks like Italy has been making onerous censorship demands, and Cloudflare has been fined for refusing to comply. That seems like a W for Cloudflare to me.
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@pemask@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-01-10 18:52
Why am I looking at a WWII-era-like propaganda image, where a corporation is personified and glorified while its destractors are shown as contorted inhumans? Reminds me of my german history classes.
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@SomeRandomNoob@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-01-11 21:53
Cloudflare does not stand for free internet. They stand for US controlled internet.
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@rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net 2026-01-10 18:32
Is Anubis an alternative to Cloudflare?