> "[Your company isn't trustworthy. You claim to enforce DMCA but have many lawsuits for not doing so.](https://twitter.com/phyzonloop/status/1194458264026660864)"
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?
Cloudflare censor [negative reviews](https://web.archive.org/web/20191116004046/https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/5aa6ee0ed5a5700a7c8cf853). If you post _anti-Cloudflare_ text on Twitter, you have a chance to get a [reply](https://twitter.com/CloudflareHelp/status/1126051764917145601) from [Cloudflare employee](cloudflare_inc/cloudflare_members.txt) with "_[No, it's not](PEOPLE.md)_" message. If you post a negative review on any review site, they will try to [censor](https://twitter.com/phyzonloop/status/1178836176985366529) [it](https://twitter.com/dxgl_org/status/1178722159432220672).
Cloudflare has a massive [harassment problem](https://web.archive.org/web/20171024040313/http://www.businessinsider.com/cloudflare-ceo-suggests-people-who-report-online-abuse-use-fake-names-2017-5).
Cloudflare [shares personal information](https://archive.ph/ePdvi) of those [who](https://twitter.com/ZJemptv/status/898299709634248704) [complain](https://twitter.com/TinyPirate/status/554718958176067584) [about](https://twitter.com/remembrancermx/status/1010329041235148802) [hosted](https://twitter.com/Bridaguy/status/915003769280172037) [sites](https://twitter.com/HelloAndrew/status/897260208845500416). They sometimes ask you to provide your true ID. If you don't want to get harassed, [assaulted](https://twitter.com/NiteShade925/status/1158469203420205056), [swatted](https://boingboing.net/2015/01/19/invasion-boards-set-out-to-rui.html) or [killed](https://twitter.com/RusEmbUSA/status/1187363092793040901), you better stay away from Cloudflared websites.
CloudFlare is [asking](https://web.archive.org/web/20191112033605/https://opencollective.com/cloudflarecollective#section-about) for charitable contributions. It’s 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.
What will you do if your site goes down _suddenly_? There are reports that Cloudflare is [deleting](https://twitter.com/stefan_eady/status/1126033791267426304) [user's](https://twitter.com/derivativeburke/status/903755267053117440) [configuration](https://twitter.com/lordscarlet/status/1046785164792205314) or [stopping service without any warning](https://twitter.com/svolentin/status/1227324408475344896), [silently](https://twitter.com/BlnaryMlke/status/1194339461984854018). We suggest you find [better provider](what-to-do.md).
| Chromium or Firefox (Javascript disabled) | access denied (pushes *broken* Google reCAPTCHA) |
| Chromium or Firefox (Cookie disabled) | access denied |
| QuteBrowser | access denied |
| lynx | access denied |
| w3m | 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.
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.
- Change.org is a famous website for gathering votes and take action. "[people everywhere are starting campaigns, mobilizing supporters, and working with decision makers to drive solutions.](https://web.archive.org/web/20200206120027/https://www.change.org/about)"
Unfortunately, many people cannot view change.org at all due to Cloudflare's aggressive filter. They are being blocked from signing the petition, thus excluding them from a democratic process. Using other non-cloudflared platform such as [OpenPetition](https://www.openpetition.eu/content/about_us) helps remedy the problem.
- Cloudflare's "[Athenian Project](https://www.cloudflare.com/athenian/)" offers free enterprise-level protection to state and local election websites. They said "_their constituents can access election information and voter registration_" but this is a lie because many people just can't browse the site at all.
If you opt-out something, you expect that you receive no email about it. Cloudflare ignore user's preference and share data with third-party corporations [without customer's consent](https://twitter.com/thexpaw/status/1108424723233419264). If you're using their free plan, they sometimes send email to you asking to buy monthly subscription.
According to this [ex-cloudflare customer's blog](https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/11/can-you-trust-cloudflare-with-your-personal-data/), Cloudflare is lying about deleting accounts. Nowadays, many [companies keep your data](https://justdeleteme.xyz/) after you've closed or removed your account. Most of good companies do mention about it in their privacy policy. Cloudflare? No.
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2019-08-05 CloudFlare sent me confirmation that they'd removed my account.
2019-10-02 I received an email from CloudFlare "because I am a customer"
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Cloudflare didn't know about the word "remove". If it is really _removed_, why this ex-customer got an email? He also mentioned that Cloudflare's privacy policy doesn't mention about it.
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Their new privacy policy doesn't make any mention of retaining data for a year.
- [Ex-Uber security head charged in connection with the cover-up of a 2016 hack that affected 57 million customers](https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-data-hack-security-head-joe-sullivan-charged-cover-up-2020-8)
- [Former Chief Security Officer For Uber Charged With Obstruction Of Justice](https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/former-chief-security-officer-uber-charged-obstruction-justice)
