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Table of contents Table of contents
- [Unwanted spam emails](README_ethics.md#unwanted-spam-emails) - [CloudFlare spams people](README_ethics.md#cloudflare-spams-people)
- [Remove user's review](README_ethics.md#remove-users-review) - [Remove user's review](README_ethics.md#remove-users-review)
- [Doxxing users](README_ethics.md#doxxing-users) - [Doxxing users](README_ethics.md#doxxing-users)
- [Charitable contributions](README_ethics.md#charitable-contributions) - [Corporate solicitation of charitable contributions](README_ethics.md#corporate-solicitation-of-charitable-contributions)
- [Terminating sites](README_ethics.md#terminating-sites) - [Terminating sites](README_ethics.md#terminating-sites)
- [Browser vendor discrimination](README_ethics.md#browser-vendor-discrimination)
- [Voter suppression](README_ethics.md#voter-suppression)
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### Unwanted spam emails ### CloudFlare spams people
Cloudflare is sending spam emails to non-Cloudflare users. Cloudflare is sending spam emails to non-Cloudflare users.
- Only send emails to subscribers whove opted in - Only send emails to subscribers whove opted in
- When the user say "stop", then stop sending email - When the user say "stop", then stop sending email
It's that simple. But Cloudflare don't care. It's that simple. But Cloudflare doesn't care.
Cloudflare said using their service [can stop all spammers or attackers](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170066-Will-activating-Cloudflare-stop-all-spammers-or-attackers-). Cloudflare said using their service [can stop all spammers or attackers](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170066-Will-activating-Cloudflare-stop-all-spammers-or-attackers-).
How can we stop _Cloudflare spammers_ without activating Cloudflare? How can we stop _Cloudflare spammers_ without activating Cloudflare?
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### Charitable contributions ### Corporate solicitation of charitable contributions
CloudFlare is asking for [charitable contributions](https://web.archive.org/web/20191112033605/https://opencollective.com/cloudflarecollective#section-about). Its quite appalling that an American corporation would ask for charity alongside non-profit organizations that have good causes. If you like [blocking people or wasting other people's time](PEOPLE.md), you might want to order some pizzas🍕 for Cloudflare employees. CloudFlare is [asking](https://web.archive.org/web/20191112033605/https://opencollective.com/cloudflarecollective#section-about) for charitable contributions. Its quite appalling that an American corporation would ask for charity alongside non-profit organizations that have good causes. If you like [blocking people or wasting other people's time](PEOPLE.md), you might want to order some pizzas🍕 for Cloudflare employees.
![](image/cfdonate.jpg) ![](image/cfdonate.jpg)
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### Browser vendor discrimination
CloudFlare gives preferential treatment to those using Firefox while
giving hostile treatment to users of non-Mozilla-based browsers over
Tor. Tor users of who (rightfully) refuse to execute non-free
javascript also receive hostile treatment. This access inequality is
a network neutrality abuse and an abuse of power.
| ***browser*** | ***access treatment*** |
| --- | --- |
| Firefox (with non-free javascript enabled; incl. Tor Browser) | access permitted |
| Chromium (with non-free javascript enabled) | access degraded (pushes Google reCAPTCHA) |
| Chromium or Firefox (with non-free javascript disabled) | access denied (pushes *broken* Google reCAPTCHA) |
| lynx | access denied |
| w3m | access denied |
| wget | access denied |
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### Voter suppression
Voters in US states register to vote ultimately through the state
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. CloudFlare's hostile treatment of Tor users, its MitM
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
the secretary of state data entry staff workers will likely use the
CloudFlare website to enter the data.
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### Next: **[Cloudflare Voices](PEOPLE.md)** ### Next: **[Cloudflare Voices](PEOPLE.md)**
!["Cloudflare is not an option."](image/cfisnotanoption.jpg) !["Cloudflare is not an option."](image/cfisnotanoption.jpg)

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study.com 403 study.com 403
techwalla.com 403 techwalla.com 403
thebalance.com 462 thebalance.com 462
thebalancesmb.com 462
thespruceeats.com 462 thespruceeats.com 462
theverge.com 403 theverge.com 403
tomsguide.com 403 tomsguide.com 403