alt Hacker NewsPlease elaborate, why exactly is it antisocial? Because Cloudflare decides who can or cant access a users website? When they specifically signed up for my service.
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gilrain • yesterday at 3:03 PM
It intentionally circumvents the explicit desires of those who own the websites being exploited. It is nonconsensual. It says “fuck you, yes” to a clearly-communicated “please no”.
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But how does that work?
Does Cloudflare force firewall rules for those who choose to use it for their websites?
If the tool that does the crawling identifies itself properly, does Cloudflare block it even if users do not tell Cloudflare to block it?