@ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Am I wrong for blocking the Cloudflare domain because I assume they are gathering as much as google?
2026-04-25 06:56 UTC
Replies (19)
-
@undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 2026-04-25 07:22
If you are actively blocking Cloudflare and you are still able to use the web services you rely on then I am genuinely jealous of you.
-
@kazerniel@lemmy.world 2026-04-26 12:20
You won't be able to access [22% of websites](https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/proxy), among them many of the largest ones.
-
@chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-25 09:41
If you set up a website with cloudflare, their user interface has a lot of tracking stuff on by default to be injected into it. It also encourages you to use their https service where the traffic is not actually encrypted from the user to your server, but man-in-the-middle'd by cloudflare. But the interface makes it super easy to do and refers to it like a good and normal default option. So yeah I think they really want your data.
-
@crandlecan@mander.xyz 2026-04-25 07:03
Good luck reaching websites 😂
-
@bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 2026-04-25 21:37
Just blocking the domain won't do you any good. Half the internet is behind Cloudflare. Even some Lemmy servers use it.
-
@postman@literature.cafe 2026-04-25 07:19
I suggest you also block anyone using AWS.
-
@Cherry@piefed.social 2026-04-25 09:24
Reminds me of when my stepmother turned off the router because she didn’t want incoming radiation and then couldn’t figure why her emails were not arriving.
-
@HubertManne@piefed.social 2026-04-26 00:25
As others have mentioned you are going to have a tough time seeing much on the web without it but I guess it would be a good way to see the web with like zero corpo stuff.
-
@sidebro@lemmy.zip 2026-04-25 08:54
I think I'd rather practice other anti-tracking or anti-fingerprinting measures rather than blocking one of the largest CDN's in the world. But yes, they do track.
-
@ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2026-04-25 21:50
This is just turning off your router with extra steps
-
@FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 2026-04-27 13:20
I am of the habit that I block it globally on the browser. Until perhaps a website that I have to use needs it.
-
@doodoo_wizard@lemmy.ml 2026-04-25 15:22
Lots of stuff breaks when you block cloudflare so a better way to avoid its data collection is to use a vpn and clear your browsing data.
-
@JadeEast@quokk.au 2026-04-25 15:56
I have the detect cloudlflare firefox extension. I avoid sites that use it. Haven't tried blocking it completely yet but I could probably manage.
-
@Zoma@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-26 17:50
I block cloudflareinsights.com which my lemmy instance seems to be using lol.
-
@flactwin@lemmy.zip 2026-04-26 11:25
for my server i use porkbun this cheap but relaible and my raspberry pi3b for small cloud servers, xmpp, wireguard, works nicely
-
@RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-25 07:24
Doesn't Lemmy go down when Cloudflare goes down? Are you currently blocking CF?
-
@lukstru@piefed.social 2026-04-25 14:14
-
@Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 07:02
https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
-
@Aria@lemmygrad.ml 2026-04-26 13:51
Is this even the privacy forum? A lot of people here implying OP should consent to the spying for better service. Cloudflare absolutely does gather as much as Google, and with much deeper access. If you can go without those websites, then block Cloudflare.