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not sure if you're trolling, but i wish cloudflare weren't so overtly hostile to tor users! i've already stopped using all but a few cloudflare sites for this r

• cordite 12y ago
  I was not aware that cloudflare was hostile to tor users. I mean, I know they apparently bother my friend who uses a VPS with checking if he is human or not.
• jonknee 12y ago
  On the other hand, tor users are very hostile to Cloudfare. The percentage of traffic from tor that is malicious is not small.
  • justcommenting 12y ago
    just about everywhere else, service providers have figured out ways to allow access while managing abuse. cloudflare ends up being a HUGE pain and practical barrier for the vast majority of people who use tor to exercise their right to read.
    • mike_hearn 12y ago
      They manage abuse by expecting networks to handle malicious users, and blocking entire networks that fail to do so. Tor doesn't handle abuse by design so gets blocked a lot. It's not being singled out our treated specially in that regard.
    • jonknee 12y ago
      Sure, but Cloudfare is where you go when you have already had malicious users causing trouble. It doesn't seem crazy that it would be a huge problem for Cloudfare hosted sites (and as such, the block). Sites that want Tor users should do well and avoid services like Cloudfare, but for sites that don't care it's a very effective way to cut out malicious actors. It's not nice in a freedom sort of way, but for ad supported sites Tor traffic is worthless and there is little incentive to try and cater towards it.