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A comment on Ask HN: Politics Blog Cloudflare Subpoena.

Re:Ask HN: Politics Blog Cloudflare Subpoena by diggan on Sunday January 05, 2025 @01:25PM (#42603795)
Using Cloudflare for anything risky seems short-sighted, but rather than just complaining about that, here is a proposed solution: https://njal.la/ (not affiliated, just a grateful user)

100% focused on privacy, relatively cheap, available over Tor, established by Peter Sunde (of ThePirateBay/IPredator/Piratbyrån fame) and finally in 2020 RIAA and MPA both complained about Njalla which gives a bit more confidence Njalla haven't completely sold out yet.

I don't think I'd even go for a mainstream US service like AWS, Google or Cloudflare if I what I want to host is even slightly controversial-but-not-illegal or where I prefer the hosting provider not to know who I am.

(worth noting though, Njalla is still a company who has to follow the applicable laws, so unsure how much it would have helped in OPs case)

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Re:Ask HN: Politics Blog Cloudflare Subpoena by wandaluzt on Sunday January 05, 2025 @01:30PM (#42603824)
I used Njalla for my domain. I was going to move off Cloudflare but I shouldn't have used it from the start. I never imagined they would just roll over to a court order given they don't host the content.
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Re:Ask HN: Politics Blog Cloudflare Subpoena by noman-land on Sunday January 05, 2025 @01:48PM (#42603956)
You should assume that 100% of global companies will roll over for a court order in their jurisdiction. It would be foolish to think otherwise because if they don't, eventually a bunch of guys with guns will come in and take what they want.
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