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{{InfoboxCompany | {{InfoboxCompany | ||
|Name=Cloudflare, Inc|Type=Public|Founded=2009|Industry=Web Services|Official Website=https://www.cloudflare.com/|Logo=Cloudflare Logo.svg}} | |Name=Cloudflare, Inc|Type=Public|Founded=2009|Industry=Web Services|Official Website=https://www.cloudflare.com/|Logo=Cloudflare Logo.svg}} | ||
'''{{Wplink|Cloudflare|Cloudflare, Inc.}}''' is an American company that offers a wide range of web services. Due to its widespread adoption, Cloudflare's services play a critical role in the modern web infrastructure. | |||
==Consumer impact summary== | ==Consumer impact summary== | ||
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==Anti-consumer practices== | ==Anti-consumer practices== | ||
===Password scanning of website visitors=== | |||
From September to November 2024 Cloudflare was scanning the passwords users entered on websites without obtaining the users' consent.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Radwan |first=Radwa |last2=Zejnilovic |first2=Sabina |date=17 Mar 2025 |title=Password reuse is rampant: nearly half of observed user logins are compromised |url=https://blog.cloudflare.com/password-reuse-rampant-half-user-logins-compromised/ |url-status=live |access-date=10 Apr 2025 |website=Cloudflare Blog}}</ref> | |||
=== Upselling behaviours === | |||
{{Main|Cloudflare forces consumers onto higher tiers with threats of shutdowns}} | |||
The company has taken part in concerning upselling behaviours for its hosting services. For example Cloudflare advertises "low-cost domain names with no extra fees", however you can't change nameservers of your domain without paid business plan. <ref>{{Cite web |date=25 Jul 2024 |title=Cloudflare locks you into their NS if you use them as registrar. I can't believe I didn't notice this before. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1ebzxq4/cloudflare_locks_you_into_their_ns_if_you_use/ |url-status=live |access-date=17 Apr 2025 |website=Reddit}}</ref> | |||
===Forced ID theft and face recognition<!-- NEEDS more refs covering this incident -->=== | ===Forced ID theft and face recognition<!-- NEEDS more refs covering this incident -->=== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Cloudflare]] | [[Category:Cloudflare]] | ||