mainx0n00002 It is providing CDN(content delivery network) services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed DNS(domain name server) services.
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mainx0n00003 Cloudflare is the world's largest MITM proxy(reverse proxy).
mainx0n00004 Cloudflare owns more than 80% of CDN market share and the number of cloudflare users are growing each day.
mainx0n00005 They have expanded their network to more than 100 countries.
mainx0n00006 Cloudflare serves more web traffic than Twitter, Amazon, Apple, Instagram, Bing & Wikipedia combined.
mainx0n00007 Cloudflare is offering free plan and many people are using it instead of configuring their servers properly.
mainx0n00008 They traded privacy over convenience.
mainx0n00009 Cloudflare sits between you and origin webserver, acting like a border patrol agent.
mainx0n00010 You are not able to connect to your chosen destination.
mainx0n00011 You are connecting to Cloudflare and all your information is being decrypted and handed over on the fly.
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mainx0n00012 The origin webserver administrator allowed the agent - Cloudflare - to decide who can access to their "web property" and define "restricted area".
mainx0n00014 You will think Cloudflare block only bad guys.
mainx0n00015 You will think Cloudflare is always online(never go down).
mainx0n00016 You will think legit bots and crawlers can index your website.
mainx0n00017 However those are not true at all.
mainx0n00018 Cloudflare is blocking innocent people with no reason.
mainx0n00019 Cloudflare can go down.
mainx0n00020 Cloudflare blocks legit bots.
mainx0n00021 Just like any hosting service, Cloudflare is not perfect.
mainx0n00022 You will see this screen even if the origin server is working well.
mainx0n00023 Do you really think Cloudflare has 100% uptime?
mainx0n00024 You have no idea how many times Cloudflare goes down.
mainx0n00025 If Cloudflare goes down your customer cannot access your website.
mainx0n00026 It is called this in reference to the Great Firewall of China which does a comparable job of filtering out many humans from seeing web content (ie everyone in mainland China and people outside).
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mainx0n00027 While at the same time those not affected to see a dratically different web, a web free of censorship such as an image of "tank man" and the history of "Tiananmen Square protests".
mainx0n00029 In a sense, they control what the end user ultimately sees.
mainx0n00030 You are prevented from browsing the website because of Cloudflare.
mainx0n00031 Cloudflare can be used for censorship.
mainx0n00032 You cannot view cloudflared website if you are using minor browser which Cloudflare may think it is a bot(because not many people use it).
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mainx0n00033 You cannot pass this invasive "browser check" without enabling Javascript.
mainx0n00037 Cloudflare similarly prevents many people who have poor internet connectivity from accessing the websites behind it (for example, they could be behind 7+ layers of NAT or sharing same IP, for example public Wifi) unless they solve multiple image CAPTCHAs.
mainx0n00038 In some cases, this will take 10 to 30 minutes to satisfy Google.
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mainx0n00039 In the year 2020 Cloudflare switched from Google's Recaptcha to hCaptcha as Google intends to charge for its use.
mainx0n00040 Cloudflare told you they care your privacy("it helps address a privacy concern") but this is obviously a lie.
mainx0n00050 There is no way to solve the captcha without enabling Javascript and Cookies.
mainx0n00051 Cloudflare is using them to make a browser signature to identify you.
mainx0n00052 Cloudflare needs to know your identity to decide whether you are eligeble to continue browsing the site.
mainx0n00053 Tor users and VPN users are also a victim of Cloudflare.
mainx0n00054 Both solutions are being used by many people who cannot afford uncensored internet due to their country/corporation/network policy or who wants to add extra layer to protect their privacy.
mainx0n00055 Cloudflare is shamelessly attacking those people, forcing them to turn off their proxy solution.
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mainx0n00056 If you didn't try Tor until this moment, we encourage you to download Tor Browser and visit your favorite websites.
mainx0n00059 You might learned about Tor from television, saying Tor can be used to browse darknet and trade guns, drugs or chid porn.
mainx0n00060 While above statement is true that there are many market website where you can buy such items, those sites are often appear on clearnet too.
mainx0n00061 Tor was developed by US Army, but current Tor is developed by the Tor project.
mainx0n00062 There are many people and organizations who use Tor including your future friends.
mainx0n00063 So, if you are using Cloudflare on your website you are blocking real humans.
mainx0n00064 You will lose potential friendship and business deal.
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mainx0n00065 And their DNS service, 1.1.1.1, is also filtering out users from visiting the website by returning fake IP address owned by Cloudflare, localhost IP such as "127.0.0.x", or just return nothing.
mainx0n00092 You know most of them are blindly trusting Cloudflare and using it - only one centralized gateway - to proxy their company server connection(SSH/RDP), personal website, chat website, forum website, bank website, insurance website, search engine, secret member-only website, auction website, shopping, video website, NSFW website, and illegal website.
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mainx0n00093 You also know they use Cloudflare's DNS service ("1.1.1.1") and VPN service ("Cloudflare Warp") for "Secure! Faster! Better!" internet experience.
mainx0n00094 Combining them with user's IP address, browser fingerprint, cookies and RAY-ID will be useful to build target's online profile.
mainx5n0001 We know about the existence of fake accounts impersonating our official channels, be it Twitter, Facebook, Patreon, OpenCollective, Villages etc.
