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@ -87,42 +87,53 @@ What will you do if your site goes down _suddenly_? There are reports that Cloud
### Browser vendor discrimination ### Browser vendor discrimination
CloudFlare gives preferential treatment to those using Firefox while CloudFlare gives preferential treatment to those using Firefox while giving hostile treatment to users of non-Tor-Browser over Tor.
giving hostile treatment to users of non-Mozilla-based browsers over Tor users of who rightfully refuse to execute non-free javascript also receive hostile treatment.
Tor. Tor users of who (rightfully) refuse to execute non-free This access inequality is a network neutrality abuse and an abuse of power.
javascript also receive hostile treatment. This access inequality is
a network neutrality abuse and an abuse of power.
| ***browser*** | ***access treatment*** | ![](image/browserdiff.jpg)
- Left: `[Tor Browser] Javascript Disabled, Cookie Enabled`
- Right: `[Chrome] Javascript Enabled, Cookie Disabled`
| ***Browser*** | ***Access treatment*** |
| --- | --- | | --- | --- |
| Firefox (with non-free javascript enabled; incl. Tor Browser) | access permitted | | Tor Browser (Javascript enabled) | access permitted |
| Chromium (with non-free javascript enabled) | access degraded (pushes Google reCAPTCHA) | | Firefox (Javascript enabled) | access degraded |
| Chromium or Firefox (with non-free javascript disabled) | access denied (pushes *broken* Google reCAPTCHA) | | Chromium (Javascript enabled) | access degraded (pushes Google reCAPTCHA) |
| Chromium or Firefox (Javascript disabled) | access denied (pushes *broken* Google reCAPTCHA) |
| Chromium or Firefox (Cookie disabled) | access denied |
| lynx | access denied | | lynx | access denied |
| w3m | access denied | | w3m | access denied |
| wget | access denied | | wget | access denied |
"_Why not use Audio button to solve easy challenge?_"
Yes, there is an audio button, but it _always_ [doesn't work over Tor](https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/23840). You will get this message when you click it:
```
Try again later
Your computer or network may be sending automated queries.
To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.
For more details visit our help page
```
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### Voter suppression ### Voter suppression
Voters in US states register to vote ultimately through the state Voters in US states register to vote ultimately through the state secretary's website in the state of their residence.
secretary's website in the state of their residence. Republican-controlled state secretary offices engage in voter suppression by proxying the state secretary's website through Cloudflare.
Republican-controlled state secretary offices engage in voter Cloudflare's hostile treatment of Tor users, its MITM position as a centralized global point of surveillance, and its detrimental role overall
suppression by proxying the state secretary's website through makes prospective voters reluctant to register. Liberals in particular tend to embrace privacy. Voter registration forms collect sensitive information about a voter's political leaning, personal physical address, social security number, and date of birth.
CloudFlare. CloudFlare's hostile treatment of Tor users, its MitM Most states only make a subset of that information publicly available, but Cloudflare sees ***all*** that information when someone registers to vote.
position as a centralized global point of surveillance, and its
detrimental role overall makes prospective voters reluctant to
register. Liberals in particular tend to embrace privacy. Voter
registration forms collect sensitive information about a voter's
political leaning, personal physical address, social security number,
and date of birth. Most states only make a subset of that information
publicly available, but CloudFlare sees ***all*** that information
when someone registers to vote.
Note that paper registration does not circumvent CloudFlare because Note that paper registration does not circumvent Cloudflare because the secretary of state data entry staff workers will likely use the
the secretary of state data entry staff workers will likely use the Cloudflare website to enter the data.
CloudFlare website to enter the data.
![](image/cfvotm_01.jpg)
![](image/cfvotm_02.jpg)
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