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+# 👋 [_Non-English_ versions](../README.md)
+
+---
+
+
+# CrimeFlarE
+
+*Why you should say "NO" to Cloudflare*
+
+---
+
+
+![CrimeFlarE logo](../image/crimeflare-logo.png)
+
+Are you already aware of the problems of Cloudflare?
+
+You might want to check:
+- [Alternatives](#alternatives)
+- [Solutions](#solutions)
+
+
+
+## Who are we?
+
+`CrimeFlarE` is a group of volunteer Tor, privacy and net neutrality
+enthusiasts working to counter CloudFlare’s oppressive attack on the Tor 
+community and reduce the harms CloudFlare brings to all users (Tor users and 
+clearnet users).
+
+## Who is Cloudflare?
+
+Cloudflare is the world's largest man-in-the-middle proxy. Technically it is called "reverse proxy".
+This means that it sits between you and the server which sent you webpages and images.
+
+Cloudflare is a content delivery network, which means that it has different 
+servers in different locations, so that websites are supposed to be better 
+reachable. This has some bad sides.
+
+![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/matthew_prince.jpg)
+
+
+## Why you shouldn't use it
+### Privacy problems
+#### Single point of failure
+
+Cloudflare goes down from time to time.
+All the content which uses Cloudflare goes down as well when that happens.
+
+Read more about the [single point of failure](../subfiles/single-point-of-failure-problem.md).
+
+![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cloudflareoutage-2020.jpg)
+
+
+#### It removes anonymity
+
+Cloudflare usually blocks Tor or makes it hard for Tor users to access the 
+website or content. Tor is not only for criminals. It is important for many 
+people and everyone has the right on privacy.
+
+Tor is important, read more about [why Tor matters](../subfiles/why-tor-matters.md).
+
+Cloudflare often uses Google reCATPCHAs to check if you are human. These
+CAPTCHAs which check if you are human, track you and many claim that they
+even try to find out which human you are.
+
+Read more about the [reCAPTCHA problem](../subfiles/recaptcha-problem.md).
+
+
+#### Project Honey Pot
+
+"Project Honey Pot" is a project which collects a lot of personal data
+and much of that data is from innocent people who deserve privacy.
+Cloudflare was created by people who worked on that project. US DHS showed interest to this project.
+
+![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/honeypot.gif)
+
+
+### Not convenient
+
+Cloudflare is not convenient for many visitors of your site.
+You will lose visitors when you choose Cloudflare.
+Many people who helped writing this file even blocked by Cloudflare.
+
+Did you know that you can lose visitors because your site doesn't load in a few seconds?
+
+Cloudflare often makes visitors wait for more than few seconds.
+Many visitors will just leave your site when they see this.
+
+![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/onemorestep.jpg)
+
+
+### Other problems
+
+There are other problems as well, but we want to keep this file simple.
+Those problems are listed in [another file](../subfiles/more-cloudflare-problems.md).
+
+
+## Cloudflare Alternatives
+
+Do you own a website?
+We created a [file with Cloudflare alternatives](../subfiles/cloudflare-alternatives.md)
+to make your life easier if you agree with us.
+
+
+## Solutions
+### Blocking Cloudflare request or IPs
+
+- [Add-ons](../what-to-do.md#website-consumer)
+- [Cloudflare IPs to block](../cloudflare_inc/)
+- [Change default DNS provider of firefox](../subfiles/change-firefox-dns.md)
+
+
+### Share information about the problem
+
+Many supporters of CrimeFlarE have written some
+[articles](../subfiles/articles.md) about the problem.
+You can check them out and share them.
+
+You can ask website owners to stop using Cloudflare, please do so in a polite way.
+It might be good to mention some [alternatives](#alternatives).
+
+There are more files on this repository to educate yourself.
+We haven't included them all in the README to keep it fairly readable.
+
+
+## Not convinced yet?
+
+Many supporters of CrimeFlarE have written some [articles](../subfiles/articles.md) about the problem.
+You can check them out and share them.
+
+
+---
+
+Still not convinced? That's fine.
+
+Just know that many people won't be able to use your content or website.
+Cloudflare works against you.