Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by exeldapp 455 days ago
I remember reading someone's shower thoughts that if the internet was completely safe there would be no need for Cloudflare, so it's in Cloudflare's best interest to keep the internet unsafe. It's an interesting thought even if a bit tinfoil hat-esque.
4 comments

Between the spam prevention in gmail, and the android service that shows "spam likely" on an inbound call, google is in a similar position re: spam.
The same "argument" could be applied to the medical profession, teachers, police, programmers, just about anyone.
It's called the Shirkey principle.
What makes it tinfoil hat-esque?