TLS-Terminating Proxies Like Cloudflare Expose Plaintext Traffic to Third Parties
Services relying on Cloudflare Tunnels or similar TLS-terminating proxies expose all plaintext traffic to the proxy operator, even though end users see a valid HTTPS connection. For privacy-sensitive or regulated services, this creates an unacceptable trust dependency on a third-party infrastructure provider. Teams must choose between DDoS/CDN protection and full end-to-end encryption control.
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