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			==Products==
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			==See also==
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	==References==		==References==

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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	===DNS Lock-In===		===DNS Lock-In===
	Cloudflare offers a registrar, their domain registration page and TOS warns you must use Cloudflares DNS service with your domain.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-25 \|title=Domain Registration Agreement ~~{{!}}~~ Cloudflare \|url=https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260208034425/https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|~~url~~-~~status~~=~~live~~ \|access-date=2025-11-11 \|~~archive-date~~=~~8 Feb 2026~~}}</ref> The only workaround is transferring to different registrar or subscribing to a 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://old.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]] \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240726053953/https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1ebzxq4/cloudflare_locks_you_into_their_ns_if_you_use/ \|archive-date=26 Jul 2024}}</ref>		Cloudflare offers a registrar, their domain registration page and TOS warns you must use Cloudflares DNS service with your domain.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-25 \|title=Domain Registration Agreement - Cloudflare \|url=https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260208034425/https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|archive-date=8 Feb 2026 \|access-date=2025-11-11 \|website=[[Cloudflare]]}}</ref> The only workaround is transferring to different registrar or subscribing to a 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://old.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]] \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240726053953/https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1ebzxq4/cloudflare_locks_you_into_their_ns_if_you_use/ \|archive-date=26 Jul 2024}}</ref>
	[[File:Cloudflare registration page.png\|right\|thumb\|Cloudflare's registration page warning about the DNS restriction.]]		[[File:Cloudflare registration page.png\|right\|thumb\|Cloudflare's registration page warning about the DNS restriction.]]

Sojourna at 22:16, 9 March 2026

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	{{Ph-C-CIS}}		{{Ph-C-CIS}}

	==~~Anti-consumer practices~~==		==Incidents==

	===DNS Lock-In===		===DNS Lock-In===
	Cloudflare offers a registrar, their domain registration page and TOS warns you must use Cloudflares DNS service with your domain.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-25 \|title=Domain Registration Agreement {{!}} Cloudflare \|url=https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260208034425/https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-11 \|archive-date=8 Feb 2026}}</ref> The only workaround is ~~transfering~~ to different registrar or subscribing to a 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 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240726053953/https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1ebzxq4/cloudflare_locks_you_into_their_ns_if_you_use/ \|archive-date=26 Jul 2024}}</ref>		Cloudflare offers a registrar, their domain registration page and TOS warns you must use Cloudflares DNS service with your domain.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-25 \|title=Domain Registration Agreement {{!}} Cloudflare \|url=https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260208034425/https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-11 \|archive-date=8 Feb 2026}}</ref> The only workaround is transferring to different registrar or subscribing to a 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://old.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]] \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240726053953/https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1ebzxq4/cloudflare_locks_you_into_their_ns_if_you_use/ \|archive-date=26 Jul 2024}}</ref>
	[[File:~~Registration Page~~.png\|~~left~~\|thumb]]		[[File:Cloudflare registration page.png\|right\|thumb\|Cloudflare's registration page warning about the DNS restriction.]]



			===Forced ID theft and face recognition===
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	===Forced ID theft and face recognition<!-- NEEDS more refs covering this incident -->~~===~~
	A full day after the sale of domain names, Cloudflare sends the customer a demand to present an ID card and their face in an automated video call with the third party Stripe within 24 hours to be analyzed by a face recognition system, threatening to cancel the sale unless the customer fulfills this requirement that the customer was not informed about before the sale, thereby making the domain names available for squatters to grab. The customer can lose their domain names either by simply not checking their email for 24 hours, which is likely as the sale has already completed and the customer has no reason to check their email again, or by the customer not agreeing to the procedure, which the customer should not, as ID cards are not made for use online. The customer's bank already has a procedure for verifying online purchases by popping up the bank app that has already been verified by visiting the bank in person, showing an ID card to a real person and signing a paper by hand. Stripe could have done like everyone else and delegate the procedure to the bank instead of inventing their own.		A full day after the sale of domain names, Cloudflare sends the customer a demand to present an ID card and their face in an automated video call with the third party Stripe within 24 hours to be analyzed by a face recognition system, threatening to cancel the sale unless the customer fulfills this requirement that the customer was not informed about before the sale, thereby making the domain names available for squatters to grab. The customer can lose their domain names either by simply not checking their email for 24 hours, which is likely as the sale has already completed and the customer has no reason to check their email again, or by the customer not agreeing to the procedure, which the customer should not, as ID cards are not made for use online. The customer's bank already has a procedure for verifying online purchases by popping up the bank app that has already been verified by visiting the bank in person, showing an ID card to a real person and signing a paper by hand. Stripe could have done like everyone else and delegate the procedure to the bank instead of inventing their own.

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	==References==		==References==
	~~<references />~~		{{Reflist}}
	[[Category:~~Cloudflare~~]]
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			[[Category:Cybersecurity companies]]

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	===DNS Lock-In===		===DNS Lock-In===
	Cloudflare offers a registrar, their domain registration page and TOS warns you must use Cloudflares DNS service with your domain.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-25 \|title=Domain Registration Agreement {{!}} Cloudflare \|url=https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260208034425/https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-11 \|archive-date=8 Feb 2026}}</ref> The only workaround is transfering to different registrar or subscribing to a 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>		Cloudflare offers a registrar, their domain registration page and TOS warns you must use Cloudflares DNS service with your domain.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-25 \|title=Domain Registration Agreement {{!}} Cloudflare \|url=https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260208034425/https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-11 \|archive-date=8 Feb 2026}}</ref> The only workaround is transfering to different registrar or subscribing to a 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 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240726053953/https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1ebzxq4/cloudflare_locks_you_into_their_ns_if_you_use/ \|archive-date=26 Jul 2024}}</ref>
	[[File:Registration Page.png\|left\|thumb]]		[[File:Registration Page.png\|left\|thumb]]

Banana at 02:33, 16 February 2026

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	===DNS Lock-In===		===DNS Lock-In===
	Cloudflare offers a registrar, their domain registration page and TOS warns you must use Cloudflares DNS service with your domain.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-25 \|title=Domain Registration Agreement {{!}} Cloudflare \|url=https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-11}}</ref> The only workaround is transfering to different registrar or subscribing to a 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>		Cloudflare offers a registrar, their domain registration page and TOS warns you must use Cloudflares DNS service with your domain.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-25 \|title=Domain Registration Agreement {{!}} Cloudflare \|url=https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260208034425/https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-11 \|archive-date=8 Feb 2026}}</ref> The only workaround is transfering to different registrar or subscribing to a 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>
	[[File:Registration Page.png\|left\|thumb]]		[[File:Registration Page.png\|left\|thumb]]

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	\|Founded=2009		\|Founded=2009
	\|Industry=Information Technology, Web Services		\|Industry=Information Technology, Web Services
	\|Logo=Cloudflare logo.~~png~~		\|Logo=Cloudflare logo.svg
	\|ParentCompany=		\|ParentCompany=
	\|Type=Public		\|Type=Public
	\|Website=https://www.cloudflare.com/		\|Website=https://www.cloudflare.com/
	}}		}}

	'''{{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.		'''{{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.

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	Cloudflare offers a registrar, their domain registration page and TOS warns you must use Cloudflares DNS service with your domain.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-25 \|title=Domain Registration Agreement {{!}} Cloudflare \|url=https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-11}}</ref> The only workaround is transfering to different registrar or subscribing to a 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>		Cloudflare offers a registrar, their domain registration page and TOS warns you must use Cloudflares DNS service with your domain.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-25 \|title=Domain Registration Agreement {{!}} Cloudflare \|url=https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-11}}</ref> The only workaround is transfering to different registrar or subscribing to a 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>
	[[File:Registration Page.png\|left\|thumb]]		[[File:Registration Page.png\|left\|thumb]]

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			{{CompanyCargo
	{{~~InfoboxCompany~~		\|Description=American technology company known for its content delivery network, DNS services, DDOS filtering, and domain registrar.
	\|~~Name~~=~~Cloudflare~~, ~~Inc~~
	~~\|Type=Public~~
	\|Founded=2009		\|Founded=2009
	\|Industry=Web Services		\|Industry=Information Technology, Web Services
	~~\|Official Website=https://www.cloudflare.com/~~
	\|Logo=Cloudflare logo.png		\|Logo=Cloudflare logo.png
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			\|Type=Public
			\|Website=https://www.cloudflare.com/
	}}		}}

	'''{{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.		'''{{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.

Spectr3: Removed a misinterpreted Anti-Consumer practice as the password validation is an opt-in feature webmasters can chose to enable https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/?cf_target_id=C7588C7FC4D2E9CABD5A8B8CD09DD547 also added a screenshot of the domain registration warning to enforce the lock-in page.

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Removed a misinterpreted Anti-Consumer practice as the password validation is an opt-in feature webmasters can chose to enable https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/?cf_target_id=C7588C7FC4D2E9CABD5A8B8CD09DD547 also added a screenshot of the domain registration warning to enforce the lock-in page.

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	==Anti-consumer practices==		==Anti-consumer practices==

	===~~Password scanning of website visitors~~===		===DNS Lock-In===
	~~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>		Cloudflare offers a registrar, their domain registration page and TOS warns you must use Cloudflares DNS service with your domain.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2025-07-25 \|title=Domain Registration Agreement {{!}} Cloudflare \|url=https://www.cloudflare.com/domain-registration-agreement/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=2025-11-11}}</ref> The only workaround is transfering to different registrar or subscribing to a 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>
			[[File:Registration Page.png\|left\|thumb]]






	~~===Upselling behaviors===~~
	~~{{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 -->===

Sojourna at 02:55, 6 November 2025

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	\|Logo=Cloudflare logo.~~svg~~		\|Logo=Cloudflare logo.png
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	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>		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~~ ===		===Upselling behaviors===
	{{Main\|Cloudflare forces consumers onto higher tiers with threats of shutdowns}}		{{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>		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>

Sojourna at 02:45, 6 November 2025

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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.		'''{{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==
	{{~~Placeholder box\|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):~~		{{Ph-C-CIS}}
	* User Freedom
	* User Privacy
	* Business Model
	* Market Control}}

	==Anti-consumer practices==		==Anti-consumer practices==