[hbrid]

Please turn JavaScript on and reload the page.

DDoS protection by CloudFlare

...um, no!

[raverbashing]

I don't see why Cloudflare would require JS to be on

[Ambroos]

It's what they use to try and detect if your browser is a real browser, not a fake one. Which is very hard to determine without Javascript.

[raverbashing]

It looks like an important goal

Maybe they can do it better and not turn people without JS away (at least while accesses are at a regular level)

[cmdrfred]

Something like hashcash?

[lolidaisuki]

To fingerprint the visitors.

[kuschku]

EDIT: Why did someone flag this? This is literally what CloudFlare said they do – they fingerprint your browser, to track you, and find out if you are a bot DDoSing them – or if you have a normal browsing behaviour.

For that to work they need to fingerprint and track you. Which is why they said they block users with NoScript or on TOR.

[jjawssd]

Cloudflare surreptitiously injects its own Javascript into pages it serves, including NSA malware.

[vox_mollis]

Something tells me Matt Prince would sooner shut down CF than bow to NSA demands.

[jwilkins]

If that were true, he wouldn't have built something so perfect for abuse.

[jjawssd]

What if shutting down was not an option?