Cloudflare launches OHTTP gateway to hide users' IP addresses from websites
Cloudflare has introduced an Oblivious HTTP (OHTTP) gateway, a relay service that strips identifying metadata such as IP addresses from web requests before they reach destination servers. The move is aimed at improving privacy for users and app developers by preventing sites and third parties from correlating requests to individuals, and it follows growing industry interest in OHTTP and related anonymity protocols.
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