Add CloudFlare JS Challenge message template
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(add-hook 'gnus-after-exiting-gnus-hook
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* Correspondence
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** CloudFlare
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TODO: CloudFlare rant and rationale.
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#+BEGIN_SRC snippet :tangle emacs.d/snippers/message-mode/cloudflare-js
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# -*- mode: snippet -*-
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# name: Message to webmaster of CloudFlare JS-only verification
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# key: cloudflare-js
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# --
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I recently tried to view ${1:an article} on ${2:your website} at
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${3:foo.com}. For reasons of privacy, I and many others use Tor for all
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Web traffic; unfortunately, CloudFlare often recognizes Tor exit nodes as a
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threat[0], and so invokes its DDoS mitigation.
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Normally, the default behavior for CloudFlare---that I've noticed---is
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to display a CAPTCHA to the user. This works without JavaScript enabled
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and allows the user to pass once it has been answered correctly. This
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isn't a pleasant experience, but it's surmountable.
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But ${4:$2 has} chosen to enable CloudFlare's JavaScript-only DDoS
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protection (which they call a "JavaScript Challenge").
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There are a number of reasons why users may choose to disable
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JavaScript: There are a host of security concerns (including attacks
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that have de-anonymized Tor users; malware distribution; user spying;
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and more). There is also the issue of software freedom: most websites
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serve proprietary JavaScript programs that deny users the right to study,
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share, and modify them.[1] This is antithetical to a free Web and is
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used to exert control over users.
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I understand that ${5:$2} is likely not willing to disable
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CloudFlare's DDoS mitigation services, but would you please consider
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using the CAPTCHA-based approach so that all users---including those
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that disable JavaScript for privacy, security, and ethical
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considerations---have access to the articles and information that
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$4 provides? Otherwise, some users may choose to access the web page
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without Tor, potentially endangering their anonymity, or may choose to
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accept non-free programs that could compromise their freedom and security.
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[0]: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/203306930
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[1]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html
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Please help us work our way back toward a Web that is free for everyone to
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access with the software their choose and trust.
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Thank you for your consideration,
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