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by wunderlotus 27 days ago
> Don't trust 5 eyes (this includes CF)

What are CF & 5 eyes?

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CF is Cloudflare and 5 eyes became like 9 eyes became 13 eyes, but I wouldn't worry about it, it's a 2013 way of thinking.

https://windscribe.com/blog/i-doesnt-matter-how-many-eyes-yo...

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

Not sure about CF but 5 Eyes is an information sharing agreement to get around laws regarding governments spying on their own citizens. So eg. Australia wants to surveil some guy but legally can’t. Well, they can’t help it if the US spies on that guy, right? And if the US later hands the Australian government an envelope with some information in it, that’s perfectly legal, right? And later the same thing takes place in reverse, quite a coincidence really.