##### What you can do to resist Cloudflare? ###### Website consumer - If the website you like is using Cloudflare, tell them not to use Cloudflare. > You are just helping corporate censorship and mass surveillance. > > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/24351 - Try not to use their service. Remember you are being watched by Cloudflare. - Search for other website. There are many alternatives and opportunites on the internet! - If your browser is Firefox, use one of these add-ons. | Name | Can Block | Can Notify | | -------- | -------- | -------- | | [**Block Cloudflare MITM Attack**](https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/24351/block_cloudflare_mitm_attack-1.0.14.1-an%2Bfx.xpi) | **Yes** | **Yes** | | [Block Cloudflare MITM Attack II](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bcma/) | **Yes** | No | | [Searxes' Third-party Request Blocker](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stprb/) | **Yes** | **Yes** | | [Detect Cloudflare](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/detect-cloudflare/) | No | **Yes** | - Convince your friends to use [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/) on the daily basis. Anonymity should be the standard of the open internet! ###### Website owner / Web developer - Do not use Cloudflare solution. You are loser if you fall to that easy solution. You can do better than that, right? - Install Web Application Firewall (such as OWASP) and Fail2Ban on _your_ server and configure it _properly_. - Set up [Tor Onion Service](https://www.torproject.org/docs/onion-services.html.en) or I2P insite if you believe in freedom and welcome anonymous users. - Ask for advice from other [Clearnet/Tor dual website operators](https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/projects/WeSupportTor) and make anonymous friends! :) ###### Software user - If you use Debian GNU/Linux, or any derivative, subscribe to [bug #831835](https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=831835). And if you can, help verify the patch, and help the maintainer come to the right conclusion on whether it should be accepted. - Always recommend [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/) for desktop and [Orfox](https://guardianproject.info/apps/orfox/) for smartphone. Other software's privacy is imperfect. This doesn't mean Tor browser is "perfect". There is no 100% secure nor 100% private on the internet and technology. Let's talk about _other software's privacy_... - If you really need to use Firefox, pick "[Firefox ESR](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/)". ESR is developed for company and organizations, thus _some_ spyware code is disabled by default. Portable version is [here](https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox-portable-esr). - Remember, Mozilla is [using Cloudflare service](https://www.robtex.com/dns-lookup/www.mozilla.org). They're also using [Cloudflare's DNS service on their product](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/21/mozilla_testing_dns_encryption/) D'oh! - Mozilla officially [rejected this ticket](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1426618). - PaleMoon developer [likes Cloudflare](https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/issues/1743#issuecomment-345993097). - Chrome is a [spyware](https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-google.en.html). ###### Action - Tell others around you about the dangers of Cloudflare. But don't talk with NSA employee; you'll be _definitely_ marked... just kidding! - Help improve this repository, both the lists, the arguments against it and the details. - Document and make very public where things go wrong with Cloudflare (and similar companies), making sure to mention this repository when you do so - Get more people using Tor by default so they can experience the web from the perspective of different parts of the world. - Start groups, in social media and meatspace, dedicated to liberating the world from Cloudflare. - Where appropriate, link to these groups on this repository - this can be a place for coordinating working together as groups. - Start a coop that can provide a meaningful non corporate alternative to Cloudflare. - Let us know of any alternatives to help at least provide multiple layered defence against Cloudflare. - Try using [globalist](globalist.txt) to maintain this list. - If you are in the **United States of America** and the website in question is a bank or an accountant, try to bring legal pressure under the [Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm%E2%80%93Leach%E2%80%93Bliley_Act) and report back to us how far you get. - If the website is a government site, try to bring legal pressure under the [1st Amendment of the US Constitution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution). - If you are EU citizen, contact the website to send your personal information under the [General Data Protection Regulation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation). If they refuse to give you your information, that's a violation of the law. - For companies that claim to _offer service on their website_ try reporting them as "_false advertising_" to consumer protection organizations and BBB. Cloudflare websites are served by Cloudflare servers.