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Steve Krause 5d755bad72 PEOPLE.md 2020-07-20 00:58:29 +02:00
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Alex Ta 2f6a467c4c PEOPLE.md 2020-07-20 00:15:51 +02:00
Alek Amrani efd3987a5d README.md 2020-07-20 00:15:00 +02:00
Kevin Kipp fd5c70a27a PEOPLE.md 2020-07-20 00:14:54 +02:00
Brandon Nelson eb5fe17688 PEOPLE.md 2020-07-20 00:06:48 +02:00
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# "Cloudflare, we have a problem"
This is a list of voices. This **does not** mean we endorse you.
If you want to add your blog feel free to do so.
- This is a list of voices. If you want to add your blog feel free to do so.
- Disclaimer: This **does not** mean we endorse you.
![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/people.jpg)
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</summary>
"[Cloudflares DNS Issue, Service Shuts Down Half The Web](https://www.prosyscom.tech/tech-industry/cloudflares-dns-issue-service-shuts-down-half-the-web/)"
"["Half Of The Internet Is Down" After Cloudflare Suffers Major Outage](https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/major-part-web-offline-cloudflare-suffers-outage)"
"[MASSIVE outage hits Cloudflare, sends Discord & other service-powered sites DOWN - reports](https://www.rt.com/usa/495127-discord-cloudfare-outage-down/)" by RT
"[Discord, Riot Games down with reported Cloudflare outage](https://www.polygon.com/2020/7/17/21329005/cloudflare-outrage-discord-riot-games-july-2020)" by [Nicole Carpenter](https://www.polygon.com/users/NicoleCarpenter)
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(Just don't add Medium.com articles. It's Cloudflared. Whether the content is good or not doesn't matter.)
"[Cloudflare and why it's bad](https://ella.wantscuddl.es/b/cloudflare)"
"[Vous vous souvenez de l'époque où DARPA avait conçu internet de manière à ce qu'il continue de fonctionner même quand un noeud du réseau est tombé ?](https://sebsauvage.net/links/?GSB_Fg)"
"[Die zentralisierung des Internets](https://blog.bka.li/~/JustForFun/cloudflare/)"
"[Is Cloudflare safe yet?](https://iscloudflaresafeyet.com)"
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</summary>
"[Right now, there's something wrong with matchmaking definitely- I see Steam forums also note people can't start matches after ready up](https://www.reddit.com/r/commandandconquer/comments/htsqtp/right_now_theres_something_wrong_with_matchmaking/)"
"[cloudflare down again?](https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/htg9kd/cloudflare_down_again/)"
"[Because you are a normie that uses Tor and/or a VPN. Im in the same boat. I use one - that is, a VPN - and man alive! Captchas, captchas everywhere. Im annoyed to the point that I simply dont go to sites that use captchas. Which, annoyingly, are a great, many sites, because everyone and their grandmother seems to be using Cloudflare nowadays. Sorry, rant over.](https://dev.lemmy.ml/post/37546/comment/11865)"
"[Cloudflare is down again!](https://dev.lemmy.ml/post/37708)"
"[I'm free now.](https://www.reddit.com/r/FinlayDaG33k/comments/hthp0s/im_free_now/)"
"[Cloudflare is down](https://www.reddit.com/r/CloudFlare/comments/ht4iz1/cloudflare_is_down/)"
"[hehe cloudflare ded](https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/ht5fnc/hehe_cloudflare_ded/)"
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"[So if your website is "protected" with #Cloudflare it could not be accessible because of their: 1. Downtime (happens a lot) 2. Annoying captcha (every 2nd user get this) 3. IP Blocking (public wifi spots suffer from this) Think twice about using their shady service.](https://twitter.com/lukestateson/status/1284436425795043328)"
"[What you think of the almighty Cloudflare outage? In the words of the CEO "The status page for the status pages was also taken down"](https://twitter.com/Charmantides/status/1284965552126070784)"
"[Breaking: A large outage took down Cloudflare, a website hosting, network and internet security provider. The outage is mainly resolved. More than 80+ websites and apps were down.](https://twitter.com/PorterMedium/status/1284242231558377474)"
"[is cloudflare down again? The app isnt working](https://twitter.com/sgtfitnessnyc/status/1284948993311756290)"
"You switch one router off and half the internet goes poof 🤣🤣🤣 You hold the world in your hands that's for sure!" by [Flat___________](https://twitter.com/Flat___________/status/1284253578807443456)
"Dude, the number of PoPs impacted by this was enormous. Half the internet went down. How am I supposed to trust that this won't happen again? Does Secondary DNS resolve anything? My customers rely on weather data to literally not die in the face of severe weather" by [ryanhickman](https://twitter.com/ryanhickman/status/1284253789055156225)
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"[using Tor shows how much sites are hidden behind Cloudflare. Yesterdays DNS problem of them showed even more of this privacy problem. With the EU making it clear that data transfer to US is not allowed this opens the question if transparent proxying traffic through Cloudflare is illegal now too. Especially where this opens MITM data collecting. IMHO sites behind Cloudflare should be blocked making them learn that privacy is valued.](https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/@kmj/104533489380410302)"
"[It is sent to Cloudflare on the first request, so no possibility to ask the visitor in advance. Cloudflare will probably not be able to guaranty that data stay within EU.](https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/@kmj/104534874853474553)"
"[Tor shows you who is behind Cloudflare, at least mostly. Because they present the captcha. Without Tor you do not really see who is sending your data to 3rd party because its kinda transparent.](https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/@kmj/104540183132093689)"
"[well, their DNS went down too, there were no results for mstdn.io (unfortunately using cf) during the outage](https://web.archive.org/web/https://mstdn.io/@ella/104534354297967953)"
"[maybe we shouldn't have like half the internet belonging to one company](https://web.archive.org/web/https://yiff.life/@Anarchist_Mallrat/104532481028938028)"
"[LOL , a bitcoin related site hiding behind cloudflare . better hire a new webserver team. ,:-)](https://mastodon.ctseuro.com/@kmj/104542627248661291)"
"[#TorBrowser te ayuda a descubrir quien usa el popular y mayor enemigo de la #privacidad, mejor conocido como #Cloudflare, servicio #GAFAM, que busca monetizar los datos personales de los usuarios y de pasada -puede- ser el mayor aliado de las agencias de vigilancia.](https://ieji.de/@rtfm/104540209141351967)"
"[+1 c'est la démonstration qu'Internet n'est pas compatible avec une quelconque centralisation 😋](https://mastodon.xyz/@Se7h/104537504154151736)"
"[Moved away from #Cloudflare thanks to the help of selea](https://social.linux.pizza/@finlaydag33k/104535396236664524)"
"[Turns out pulling a MITM on half the internet wasn't a smart idea.](https://social.tulsa.ok.us/@BalooUriza/104535471495796451)"
"[Пользуясь случаем хочу напомнить почтенной публике что #Cloudflare и прочие подобные сервисы, централизующие интернет, всё ещё зло. То же касается крупных централизованных социальных сетей. Спасибо за внимание. Приятных выходных](https://lor.sh/@MrClon/104534942793631137)"
"[In der Nacht zum Samstag führte eine fehlerhafte Routerkonfiguration beim Dienstleister Cloudflare zu Ausfällen bei zahlreichen Internetdiensten in aller Welt.](https://squeet.me/objects/962c3e103b21b710e8c96bdf2227ec7c75952dc2)"
"[Пользователи популярных интернет-сервисов заявили о проблемах с доступом. Об этом свидетельствуют данные портала Downdetector. Так, среди пострадавших сервисов оказались Google, Amazon Web Service, а также Discord, Cloudflare и другие. На проблемы в регистрации в Google жаловались 44% пользователей, а еще 55% испытывали трудности с поиском. Больше всего жалоб зафиксировано на территории США, Германии, Британии, Нидерландов и Польши. Жалобы также поступали из Москвы и Санкт-Петербурга. Кроме того, среди пользователей Discord 91% жалоб касается проблем с подключением к серверу. По данным портала Techcrunch, неполадки в работе сервисов связаны с проблемами работы службы #Cloudflare.](https://phreedom.tk/@acetone/104534294703468033)"
"[Wegen eines Fehlers reduzierte sich der Netzwerkverkehr bei Cloudflare auf nur noch 50 Prozent. Davon waren viele Webseiten betroffen.](https://squeet.me/objects/962c3e101f7a33c29f2ef98ba182a6cf0b077dd0)"
"[People using #cloudflare get what they deserve. Every sane person has been warning others for years that it's not great to have everyone depend on a single provider.](https://soc.fglt.nl/objects/dd8539f8-3f36-4e7b-9596-2321f583eab0)"
"[I love these little moments that bring the #Fediverse together. Boo #Cloudflare, yay things that aren't Cloudflare.](https://linuxrocks.online/@ChrisWere/104532119921056579)"
"Please join me in one minute of silence for all the fediverse admins who put their decentralised instance behind the centralised gatekeeper Cloudflare and are thus down now." by [schmittlauch](https://toot.matereal.eu/@schmittlauch/104531566916833405)
"Super, Cloudflare ist down und reißt das halbe Internet mit in den Abgrund. Nur ein weiter Hinweis dafür, dass Zentralisierung echt übel ist." by [Haydar](https://social.tchncs.de/@Haydar/104531378819304913)

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| Take a look at the right image. You will think Cloudflare block _only_ bad guys. You will think _Cloudflare is always online(never go [down](https://twitter.com/bengoldacre/status/1146058200887648258))_. You will think _legit bots and crawlers can index your website_. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/howcfwork.jpg) |
| However [those are not true](PEOPLE.md) at all. Cloudflare is blocking innocent people with no reason. Cloudflare can go down. Cloudflare blocks legit bots. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cfdowncfcom.jpg) |
| Just like any hosting service, Cloudflare is not perfect. You will see this screen [even if the origin server is working well](PEOPLE.md). | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cfdown2019.jpg) |
| Do you really think Cloudflare has 100% uptime? [You have no idea](PEOPLE.md) how many times Cloudflare goes down. If Cloudflare goes down your customer cannot access your website. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cloudflareinternalerror.jpg)<br>![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cloudflareoutage-2020.jpg) |
| Do you really think Cloudflare has 100% uptime? [You have no idea](PEOPLE.md) how many times Cloudflare [goes down](https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/major-part-web-offline-cloudflare-suffers-outage). If Cloudflare goes down your customer cannot access your website. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cloudflareinternalerror.jpg)<br>![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cloudflareoutage-2020.jpg) |
| It is called this in reference to the [Great Firewall of China](https://www.comparitech.com/privacy-security-tools/blockedinchina/) which does a comparable job of [filtering out many humans](PEOPLE.md) from seeing web content (ie everyone in mainland China and people outside) 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"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man) and the history of ["Tiananmen Square protests"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests#Censorship_in_China). | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cloudflarechina.jpg) |
| Cloudflare possesses [great power](http://digdeep4orxw6psc33yxa2dgmuycj74zi6334xhxjlgppw6odvkzkiad.onion/ghost/mozilla.html). In a sense, they control what the end user ultimately sees. You are prevented from browsing the website because of Cloudflare. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/onemorestep.jpg) |
| Cloudflare can be used for censorship. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/accdenied.jpg) |
| 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). | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cfublock.jpg) |
| You cannot pass this invasive "browser check" without enabling Javascript. This is a waste of five(or more) seconds of your valuable life. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/omsjsck.jpg) |
| Cloudflare also [automatically](https://twitter.com/itsybitsydots/status/1212691131508477952) [block](PEOPLE.md) legit robots/crawlers such as Google, Yandex, Yacy, and [API clients](PEOPLE.md). Cloudflare is actively [monitoring](PEOPLE.md) "bypass cloudflare" community with an intent to break legit research bots. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cftestgoogle.jpg) |
| 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) unless they solve multiple image CAPTCHAs. In some cases, [this will take 10 to 30 minutes to satisfy Google](https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/23840). | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/googlerecaptcha.jpg) |
| Cloudflare can be used for censorship. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/accdenied.jpg) |
| 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). | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cfublock.jpg) |
| You cannot pass this invasive "browser check" without enabling Javascript. This is a waste of five(or more) seconds of your valuable life. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/omsjsck.jpg) |
| Cloudflare also [automatically](https://twitter.com/itsybitsydots/status/1212691131508477952) [block](PEOPLE.md) legit robots/crawlers such as Google, Yandex, Yacy, and [API clients](PEOPLE.md). Cloudflare is actively [monitoring](PEOPLE.md) "bypass cloudflare" community with an intent to break legit research bots. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cftestgoogle.jpg) |
| 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. In some cases, [this will take 10 to 30 minutes to satisfy Google](https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/23840). | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/googlerecaptcha.jpg) |
| Many humans and software are being blocked by Cloudflare [every day](PEOPLE.md). | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/omsnote.jpg) |
| Cloudflare [annoys many people](PEOPLE.md) around the world. Take a look at the list and think whether adopting Cloudflare on your site is good for user experience. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/omsstream.jpg) |
| What is the purpose of the internet if you cannot do what you want? Most people who visit your website will just look for other pages if they can't load a webpage. You may be not blocking any visitors, but Cloudflare's default firewall is strict enough to block many people. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/omsdroid.jpg)<br>![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/omsappl.jpg) |
| Cloudflare [annoys many people](PEOPLE.md) around the world. Take a look at the list and think whether adopting Cloudflare on your site is good for user experience. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/omsstream.jpg) |
| What is the purpose of the internet if you cannot do what you want? Most people who visit your website will just look for other pages if they can't load a webpage. You may be not blocking any visitors, but Cloudflare's default firewall is strict enough to block many people. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/omsdroid.jpg)<br>![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/omsappl.jpg) |
| There is no way to solve the captcha without enabling Javascript and Cookies. Cloudflare is [using them](PEOPLE.md) to make a browser signature to [identify](https://cryptome.org/2016/07/cloudflare-de-anons-tor.htm) [you](PEOPLE.md). Cloudflare needs to know your identity to decide whether you are eligeble to continue browsing the site. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cferr1010bsig.jpg) |
| [Tor users](https://www.torproject.org/) and [VPN users](https://airvpn.org/topic/23090-cloudflare-often-bans-my-ip-address/) are also a [victim](https://blog.torproject.org/trouble-cloudflare) of Cloudflare. Both solutions are being used by many people who cannot afford uncensored internet due to their country/corporation/network policy. Cloudflare is shamelessly attacking those people, forcing them to turn off their proxy solution. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/banvpn2.jpg) |
| [Tor users](https://www.torproject.org/) and [VPN users](https://airvpn.org/topic/23090-cloudflare-often-bans-my-ip-address/) are also a [victim](https://blog.torproject.org/trouble-cloudflare) of Cloudflare. 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. Cloudflare is shamelessly attacking those people, forcing them to turn off their proxy solution. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/banvpn2.jpg) |
| If you didn't try Tor until this moment, we encourage you to [download Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/) and visit your favorite websites. (advice: _Do not login to your bank website or government webpage or they will flag your account. [Use VPN](https://www.vpngate.net/en/) for those websites._) | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/banvpn.jpg) |
| You might want to say "_Tor is illegal! Tor users are criminal! Tor is bad!_". No. You might learned about Tor from television, saying Tor can be used to browse [darknet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darknet) and trade guns, drugs or [chid porn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse_material). 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. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/whousetor.jpg) |
| Tor _was_ [developed by US Army](https://www.nrl.navy.mil/itd/chacs/dingledine-tor-second-generation-onion-router), but current Tor is developed by the [Tor project](https://www.torproject.org/). There are many people and organizations [who use Tor](https://blog.torproject.org/tor-misused-criminals) including your future friends. So, if you are using Cloudflare on your website you are blocking _real_ humans. You will lose potential friendship and business deal. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/iusetor_alith.jpg) |
| And their DNS service, [1.1.1.1](https://1.1.1.1/), is also filtering out users from visiting the website by returning [fake](https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/32915) IP address [owned by Cloudflare](https://www.reddit.com/r/CloudFlare/comments/hiqm4u/no_cloudflare_website_is_loading/), localhost IP such as "127.0.0.x", or just return nothing. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cferr1016.jpg)<br>![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cferr1016sp.jpg) |
| Cloudflare DNS also [break](https://twitter.com/bowranger/status/1213031783576428550) [online](https://twitter.com/jb510/status/1212521533907668992) [software](https://twitter.com/No_Style/status/1201525422795710466) [from](https://twitter.com/daemuth/status/1187758306535903233) [smartphone](https://twitter.com/gregortorrence/status/1183102089439805441) [app](https://www.reddit.com/r/CloudFlare/comments/gmfm4i/us_bank_website_is_not_in_cloudflare_dns/) [to computer game because of their fake DNS answer](PEOPLE.md). Cloudflare DNS [cannot query](PEOPLE.md) some bank websites. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cfdnsprob.jpg)<br>![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/dnsfailtest.jpg) |
| Cloudflare DNS also [break](https://twitter.com/bowranger/status/1213031783576428550) [online](https://twitter.com/jb510/status/1212521533907668992) [software](https://twitter.com/No_Style/status/1201525422795710466) [from](https://twitter.com/daemuth/status/1187758306535903233) [smartphone](https://twitter.com/gregortorrence/status/1183102089439805441) [app](https://www.reddit.com/r/CloudFlare/comments/gmfm4i/us_bank_website_is_not_in_cloudflare_dns/) [to computer game because of their fake DNS answer](PEOPLE.md). Cloudflare DNS [cannot query](PEOPLE.md) some bank websites. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cfdnsprob.jpg)<br>![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/dnsfailtest.jpg) |
| And here you might think,<br>"_I am not using Tor or VPN, why should I care?_"<br>"_I trust Cloudflare marketing, why should I care_"<br>"_My website is HTTPS why should I care_" | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/annoyed.jpg) |
| If you visit website which use Cloudflare, you are sharing your information not only to website owner _but also Cloudflare_. This is how the [reverse proxy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy) works. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/prism_gfe.jpg) |
| If you visit website which use Cloudflare, you are sharing your information not only to website owner _but also Cloudflare_. This is how the [reverse proxy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy) works. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/prism_gfe.jpg) |
| It is impossible to [analyze](https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-csam-scanning-tool/) without [decrypting TLS traffic](https://github.com/nym-zone/block_cloudflare_mitm_fx/issues/15#issuecomment-354773389). | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cfhelp204144518.jpg) |
| Cloudflare knows all your data such as raw password. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cfhelpforum.jpg) |
| [Cloudbeed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudbleed) can happen anytime. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/cfbloghtmledit.jpg) |
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| Internet user's online profile is a "product" that the government and big tech companies wants to buy. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/federalinterest.jpg) |
| U.S. [Department of Homeland Security](https://www.dhs.gov/) said:<br><br>"Do you have any idea how valuable the data you have is? Is there any way you would sell us that data?" | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/dhssaid.jpg) |
| Cloudflare also offer _FREE_ VPN service called "[Cloudflare Warp](https://blog.cloudflare.com/1111-warp-better-vpn/)". If you use it, all your smartphone ([or your computer](https://techniapps.com/2019/09/26/download-cloudflare-warp-vpn-for-pc-windows-10-mac/)) connections are sent to Cloudflare servers. Cloudflare can know which website you've read, what comment you've posted, who you've talked to, etc. You are voluntary giving [all your information](https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/issues/374#issuecomment-478686469) to Cloudflare. If you think "_Are you joking? Cloudflare is secure._" then you need to learn how [VPN works](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VPN). | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/howvpnwork.jpg) |
| Cloudflare said their VPN service make your internet [fast](https://www.wired.com/story/cloudflare-says-new-vpn-service-wont-slow-you-down/). But VPN make your internet connection _slower_ than [your](https://twitter.com/ExYakuza/status/1182317536089526273) [existing](https://twitter.com/waddling/status/1177615384616325120) [connection](https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/01/cloudflares-warp-is-a-vpn-that-might-actually-make-your-mobile-connection-better/). | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/notfastervpn.jpg) |
| Cloudflare said their VPN service make your internet [fast](https://www.wired.com/story/cloudflare-says-new-vpn-service-wont-slow-you-down/). But VPN make your internet connection _slower_ than [your](https://twitter.com/ExYakuza/status/1182317536089526273) [existing](https://twitter.com/waddling/status/1177615384616325120) [connection](https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/01/cloudflares-warp-is-a-vpn-that-might-actually-make-your-mobile-connection-better/). | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/notfastervpn.jpg) |
| You might already know about the [PRISM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)) scandal. It is true that AT&T lets [NSA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency) to [copy all internet data](https://www.cnet.com/news/at-t-lets-nsa-hide-and-surveil-in-plain-sight-the-intercept-reports/) for surveillance. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/prismattnsa.jpg) |
| Let's say you're working at the NSA, and you want _every citizen's internet profile_. You know most of them are [blindly trusting Cloudflare](https://twitter.com/search?q=Cloudflare&f=live) and using it - only one centralized gateway - to proxy their company server connection([SSH](https://blog.cloudflare.com/public-keys-are-not-enough-for-ssh-security/)/[RDP](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-access-now-supports-rdp/)), personal website, chat website, forum website, bank website, insurance website, search engine, secret member-only website, auction website, [shopping](https://www.cloudflare.com/case-studies/shopify-powering-the-biggest-shopping-weekend-of-the-year/), video website, NSFW website, and illegal website. You also know they use Cloudflare's DNS service ("_1.1.1.1_") and VPN service ("_Cloudflare Warp_") for "_Secure! Faster! Better!_" internet experience. Combining them with user's IP address, browser [fingerprint](https://github.com/VeNoMouS/cloudscraper/issues/209#issuecomment-624853689), cookies and RAY-ID will be useful to build target's online profile. | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/edw_snow.jpg) |
| You want their data. [What will you do](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1gb0pa/how_prism_actually_works_1520_att_fiber_optic/)? | ![](https://codeberg.org/crimeflare/cloudflare-tor/media/branch/master/image/nsaslide_prismcorp.gif) |