Call me a tinfoil hatter but I've always assumed that the likes of Cloudflare, knowingly or not, are a key part of the Internet surveillance state.
It would be relatively easy for the likes of the NSA to infiltrate DDoS protection companies, then DDoS dark target sites until they choose cheap DDoS mitigation and bring their users' traffic into the clear.
It would be relatively easy for the likes of the NSA to infiltrate DDoS protection companies, then DDoS dark target sites until they choose cheap DDoS mitigation and bring their users' traffic into the clear.