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0 pointskube-system2y ago0 comments

https://1.1.1.1/dns/

> We will never sell your data or use it to target ads.

https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/privacy/public-dns...

> Cloudflare will not sell or share Public Resolver users’ personal data with third parties or use personal data from the Public Resolver to target any user with advertisements.

There's a lot of transparency on that page in particular, down to the lists of the fields in the logs.

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nullc2y ago

Ads are among the most benign things someone could use your private information to do. With your personal information:

* Parties can engage in price discrimination against you. (You don't shop around? you've got some extra spending money? double prices! Looking up risky activities? high insurance rates!)

* Parties can engage in lawfare and blackmail

* Parties can influence elections (without advertising, e.g. by gerrymandering or by targeting your participation in elections just based on knowing how you'll vote)

* Parties can target people of your race or beliefs for genocide (oh, sorry, I meant to say "lawful orders of governments")

Plus the definition of advertising itself is up to interpretation: is sending someone to your door advertising?

kube-systemOP2y ago

I agree, but it is not really in CF's interest to engage in any of those activities.

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