On 18/01/2020 9:54 am, JLWhitaker wrote:
If you skipped this one, don't.
On 18/01/2020 9:01 am, Antony Broughton Barry wrote:
https://slate.com/technology/2020/01/evil-list-tech-companies-dangerous-amazon-facebook-google-palantir.html
Indeed... And appropos of the thread on secure DNS, there's Cloudflare.
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What it is: An internet infrastructure company that assists websites with
content delivery and cybersecurity. Cloudflare’s services for blocking
automated DDoS attacks are particularly crucial to the viability of any
website; the New York Times has described CEO Matthew Prince as “one of several
internet executives with control over the web’s most basic infrastructure.”
One evil thing: In late December, the New York Times reported that the operator
of three websites containing more than 18,000 pornographic images of children
had been using Cloudflare’s cyberattack-prevention services to conceal their
internet addresses and thus avoid detection. Though Cloudflare claims it has
cut ties to these and other such websites in the past, Canadian nonprofits
dedicated to fighting child sex abuse have accused the company of being slow to
take action even after being notified (the company responded at the time that
it worked closely with the nonprofits and law enforcement to remove several
websites). With a couple of notable exceptions like 8chan, Cloudflare has
generally refused to accept responsibility for the websites it protects, which
include forums for hateful and violent content.
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David L.
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