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I just leave {{expand}} and {FIX ME} sections to Jeff
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@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Audience: General, people who stumble upon gnu.org
1028+/-395 words instead?
755 words rahisibhasha
stab at french
Version: 2019-05-19
Version: 2019-05-29
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@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ Prerequisites:
Cloudflare is a network service for turing tests its users use against visitors, which means that it frustrates attempts
by users of its users to develop software to interact with their websites[3].
This might seem strange at first - why would you need a program to access a web resource?
But there's many things that work on the web like this, including RSS, podcasts, and anti-virus definitions[57][58] which
But there's many things that work on the web like this, including RSS, streaming, chat, podcasts, and anti-virus definitions[57][58] which
are completely broken by a CAPTCHA appearing mid stream[11].
"We humans don't make HTTP requests, our machines to do it for us."
This makes clear what is really being tested here - whether or not you have the *right* software stack in between you and
This makes clear what is really being tested here - whether or not you have the right software stack in between you and
Cloudflare.
This is not hypothetical: Cloudflare is currently attempting to dictate which browsers users of their "protected"
@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ websites may use[60].
Your right to use Free Software in this stack is at risk and could disappear at any moment.
It also is extracting free labour from website users[35], in effect tricking humans into acting like robots in order to
pass a test designed to see whether or not they are a robot. Worse, this labour is being used to train Google's AI, a very
It also is extracting free labor from website users[35], in effect tricking humans into acting like robots in order to
pass a test designed to see whether or not they are a robot. Worse, this labor is being used to train[62] Google's artificial intelligence, a very
poor candidate for "friendly AI"[36]. Given unfriendly AI is an existential[43] risk[42] to mankind, avoiding this
should be among the highest of priorities.
@ -56,17 +56,17 @@ This software stack includes human language: the CAPTCHAs are in English, leavin
at a disadvantage[13]. Attempts to fix this are bound by the fact that they also leak language information to
Cloudflare[21].
Furthermore, they use Google's reCaptcha for their Turing test/CAPTCHA and Google is part of PRISM so they expose PRISM
data collection to users of their websites.
Furthermore, they use Google's reCaptcha for their turing test/"proof you are a human" challenge and Google is known as a part of NSA's PRISM surveillance project so they expose their website visitor's data to PRISM data collection.
On its own, this is terrible bad but it's also worth pointing out how the reCAPTCHAs work; it isn't by whether or not you
click on the correct icon (though that is a factor too) but also
On its own, this is terrible bad but it's also worth pointing out how the reCAPTCHAs work. It isn't by whether or not you
click on the correct icon (though that is a factor too) but also collect:
> mouse movement, its slightness and straightness
> page scrolls
> time intervals between browser events
> keystrokes
> click location history tied to user fingerprint
> device information
> All these criteria are stored in the browser’s cookie and are processed by Google’s servers
> It should be emphasized that there is DARPA technology to identify people by mouse movements and typing ​
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[59] Thorin-Oakenpants. let's talk about our little buddy cloudflare. https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/310#issuecomment-351913412
[60] ghost. What do you think about Cloudflare? https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/issues/374#issuecomment-460413259
[61] Unspam Technologies, Inc. https://projecthoneypot.org/
[62] TechRader. Captcha if you can: how you’ve been training AI for years without realising it https://www.techradar.com/news/captcha-if-you-can-how-youve-been-training-ai-for-years-without-realising-it