I was wondering if there was really a good reason for CloudFlare to be used? I understand Lemmy.ca has dedicated hardware in a datacenter. Seems odd to pipe all our data through a US company as we are in a trade war.

  • charisma_ken@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Thank you for the great work you do! Here is a link with additional options to consider.

    https://www.eucloud.tech/eu-alternatives-to/cloudflare

    If you are only willing to consider a no-money option, it will be more difficult. Maybe consider approaching an alternative and asking if they will support a non-profit for a discount.

    Another option is simply to drop Cloudflare without a replacement. You have raised some of the tradeoffs. Maybe people can live with those tradeoffs.

    There is the consideration of Cloudflare tracking users from one domain to another. Pornhub is one site notorious for using Cloudflare.

    https://www.ghostery.com/whotracksme/tracking-reach

    There is also the consideration of Cloudflare possibly decrypting traffic and compromising passwords. At the start of a possible physical war, disrupting communication by overtaking user accounts could be a possible threat.