On Thursday, June 5th, 2014 Reset the Net has organized a day of awareness about protecting yourself against mass surveillance, and CloudFlare is offering an easy way for its customers to participate.
CloudFlare believes that one of the best ways to improve the net is to increase the amount of encrypted traffic because encrypting your traffic keeps it safe from prying eyes. We offer various SSL options to keep your website secure for any of our customers on a paid CloudFlare plan.
Keep in mind, SSL isn’t just for big banks and large corporations, it also helps boggers protect their readers and keeps your e-mails secure. By default, everything sent over HTTP is open for anyone to look at; using HTTPS (SSL/TLS) ensures that only authorized viewers can see what’s happening on your website.
In line with our mission to help build a better internet, we’re announcing a new app that lets you easily add the Reset the Net splash screen to your website.
The splash screen provides your visitors with a link to join the cause, and information on how to secure your communications against mass surveillance. It also links to resetthenet.org, allowing your visitors to learn how they can protect their computers and Internet-connected devices from mass surveillance. Visitors can also join the Reset the Net effort by pledging to implement suggested protections.
Reset the Net Splash Screen
Organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Amnesty International, and others have joined this effort to express their concern about the impact that mass surveillance has on the freedom and openness of the internet. For more information, please visit resetthenet.org.
Installing the Reset the Net App
You can add the Reset the Net app to your site starting today—it’s free. The splash screen will automatically appear on June 5, 2014, and, like all CloudFlare Apps, installation is just one click—no coding necessary. To get the banner app, please visit [our Apps marketplace] (https://www.cloudflare.com/apps/reset_the_net). (The Reset the Net splash screen will appear only on June 5th.)
Above is a screenshot of what the splash screen on an example website. The screen appears in front of your regular website content, and will be permanently dismissed by a visitor by clicking “Close” in the upper right hand corner.