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# CrimeFlarE
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***Why you should say "NO" to Cloudflare***
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# `This is a draft`
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Are you already aware of the problems?
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You might want to check:
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- [Alternatives](#alternatives)
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- [Solutions](#solutions)
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## Who are we?
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`CrimeFlarE` is a group of volunteer Tor, privacy and net neutrality
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enthusiasts working to counter CloudFlare’s oppressive attack on the Tor
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community and reduce the harms CloudFlare brings to all users (Tor users and
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clearnet users).
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## Who is Cloudflare?
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Cloudflare is the world's largest man-in-the-middle proxy. This means that it
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sits between you and the server which sent you the pages and images.
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Cloudflare is a content delivery network, which means that it has different
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servers in different locations, so that websites are supposed to be better
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reachable. This has a bad side.
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*ADD IMAGE*
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## Why you shouldn't use it
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### Privacy problems
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#### Single point of failure
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Cloudflare goes down from time to time. All the content which uses Cloudflare
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goes down as well when that happens.
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Read more about the
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[single point of failure](subfiles/single-point-of-failure-problem.md).
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*ADD IMAGE*
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#### It removes anonymity
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Cloudflare usually blocks Tor or makes it hard for Tor users to access the
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website or content. Tor is not only for criminals. It is important for many
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people and everyone has the right on privacy.
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Tor is important, read more about
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[why Tor matters](subfiles/why-tor-matters.md).
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Cloudflare often uses Google reCATPCHAs to check if you are human. These
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CAPTCHAs which check if you are human, track you and many claim that they
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even try to find out which human you are.
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Read more about the
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[reCAPTCHA problem](subfiles/recaptcha-problem.md).
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#### Project Honey Pot
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Project Honey Pot is a project which collects a lot of personal data
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and much of that data is from innocent people who deserve privacy.
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Cloudflare was created by people who worked on that project.
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### Not convenient
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Cloudflare is not convenient for many visitors of your site. You will
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lose visitors when you choose Cloudflare. Many people who helped writing
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this file even block Cloudflare.
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Did you know that you can lose visitors because your site doesn't load
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in a few seconds?
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Cloudflare often makes visitors wait for a few seconds. Many visitors will
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leave your site when they see this.
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### Other problems
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There are other problems as well, but we want to keep this file simple.
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Those problems are listed in
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[another file](subfiles/more-cloudflare-problems.md).
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## Alternatives
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Do own a website?
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We created a
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[file with Cloudflare alternatives](subfiles/cloudflare-alternatives.md)
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to make your life easier if you agree with us.
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## Solutions
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### Blocking Cloudflare request or IPs
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- [Add-ons](what-to-do.md#website-consumer)
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- [Cloudflare IPs to block](cloudflare_inc/)
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- [Change default DNS provider of firefox](subfiles/change-firefox-dns.md)
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### Share information about the problem
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Many supporters of CrimeFlarE have written some
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[articles](subfiles/articles.md) about the problem.
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You can check them out and share them.
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You can ask website owners to stop using Cloudflare, please do so in
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a polite way. It might be good to mention some [alternatives](#alternatives).
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There are more files on this repository to educate yourself.
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We haven't included them all in the README to keep it fairly readable.
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## Not convinced yet?
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Many supporters of CrimeFlarE have written some
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[articles](subfiles/articles.md) about the problem.
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You can check them out and share them.
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Still not convinced?
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That's fine. Just know that many people won't be able to use your content or
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website. It works against you.
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