Cloudflare Has a Plan to Change Everything About Cloud Security

It wants to replace corporate VPNs and firewalls with its own networks. That could make it even more of an internet gatekeeper.

Will Oremus
Jan 7 · 5 min read
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. Photo: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images

Cloudflare is best known for protecting websites and keeping them online — and for the occasional deplatforming. As one of the world’s leading…

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