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1. simondotau · 1791018710 · focus · HN ↗

   I have absolutely no reason to think Cloudflare is a covert CIA operation. In fact, I’m sure there are plenty of good reasons to think it isn’t. But if it were, pretty much everything it does is exactly what you'd expect from one.

   1. Joker_vD · 1791019817 · focus · HN ↗

      Of course it's not a CIA operation — that agency is foreign intelligence agency. The domestic intelligence agency is called NSA.

      1. groomlake · 1791033396 · focus · HN ↗

           NSA's mission, as outlined in Executive Order 12333 in 1981, is to collect information that constitutes "foreign intelligence or counterintelligence" while not "acquiring information concerning the domestic activities of United States persons".
         

         – Wikipedia

         Whether they abide by that is another matter.

         1. michaelt · 1791036593 · focus · HN ↗

            <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;NSA_warrantless_surveillance_(2001%E2%80%932007)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;NSA_warrantless_surveillance_(...

            1. Joker_vD · 1791038532 · focus · HN ↗

               Well, you see, Your Honor, when the foreign entities do the spying inside the US, they inevitably become one side in the domestic activities of United States persons. So it&#x27;s only reasonable to conclude that this part of the Executive Order is null and void.

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