6 Reasons Why Cloudflare is a Threat to the Internet Privacy

1. Cloudflare handles \~[20%](https://twitter.com/AxelrodG/status/1447938954758705155) of all the traffic on the internet. And it's growing fast, on 2017 it was [10%](https://www.cloudflare.com/press-releases/2017/cloudflare-introduces-argo-a-virtual-backbone-for-a-faster-more-reliable-internet/#:~:text=Cloudflare%20handles%20more%20than%2010%20percent%20of%20all%20HTTP/HTTPS%20Internet%20traffic%2C).
2. It's impossible to use Cloudflare proxy without giving up encryption of data. They are a man-in-the-middle that have access to unencrypted information of all the traffic they proxy. *(Yes, even with Full-Strict/Keyless SSL)*
3. Of the remaining 80% of internet traffic, 43% [comes from](https://www.sandvine.com/blog/netflix-vs.-google-vs.-amazon-vs.-facebook-vs.-microsoft-vs.-apple-traffic-share-of-internet-brands-global-internet-phenomena-spotlight) Netflix, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple, none of which seems to be using Cloudflare, …

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