[adolph]

> Even dumb pipes need to be maintained when they start carrying something toxic/harmful that isn't supposed to be there.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes%...

> In this case they're linking to .LNK and .VBS, but scammers using these kinds of services are doing things like repeatedly uploading the exact same malware infected file

It sounds like you advocate for proxy servers to inspect traffic at the application layer. Is that right?

In the OSI reference model, the communications between systems are split into seven different abstraction layers: Physical, Data Link, Network, Transport, Session, Presentation, and Application.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model

[autoexec]

> It sounds like you advocate for proxy servers to inspect traffic at the application layer. Is that right?

In most cases you wouldn't need one. a URL shortener service can see what people are linking to. A webhosting company can see everything on their own servers. In the specific case of cloudflare and this particular product they may or may not need to. I notice that they do reserve the right to monitor and inspect any traffic on the Cloudflare network.

[adolph]

This text is non-responsive to the question. Maybe your purpose is to practice typing? Just because a company "can" do something doesn't mean that they will devote the resources to perform it.