Cloudflare has launched “Encrypted Client Hello” for website administrators using the free version of the service. That includes pirate websites.
You will hear more about “Encrypted Client Hello” in the future
The company believes that this is “the last piece of the privacy puzzle.” But what exactly is this? ECH is a new proposed standard that stops networks from spying on which websites a user visits. ECH is available to all Cloudflare subscribers, and as mentioned also the free one. This will accelerate its use.
Cloudflare goes a little further into the matter:
“Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) is a successor to ESNI (“Encrypted server name indication”) that masks the “Server Name Indication” (SNI) used to negotiate TLS authentication. This means that when a user visits a website on Cloudflare that has ECH enabled, no one but the user, Cloudflare, and the website owner will be able to determine which website was visited.”
The pirates celebrate
The special nature of the technology makes it theoretically impossible for ISPs to block access to content. This means that websites such as offers pirated material, has a new weapon against the MPAA, ISPs and countries that try to stop them. Now it is possible that Cloudflare will become the target to a greater extent.
Spanish DonTorrent is rejoicing in the possibilities after dozens of their domains were blocked:
“Before ECH, privacy was a secret whispered in the wind, easily picked up by prying ears. But now, with ECH by your side, your data is like a hidden treasure on a remote island, inaccessible to anyone who tries to get there without the right key.”
Cloudflare reports that Chrome and Firefox are adding support for ECH, and that existing customers can sign up to enable the service. “We’ll be enabling this for everyone who signs up in the coming weeks.”
Uten ECH:
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2023-10-07 17:33:22
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