Blacklist for "abbusing" Brute Protect?

Hi Abimelex– I completely appreciate your concern, however, we made a decision long ago to not regulate which sites may or may not use our plugin. Restricting who is and is not allowed to use our service becomes an extremely slippery slope.

At the end of the day, there are many sites that use BruteProtect that I do not personally agree with or condone (including some that I find to be downright awful), but I do strongly believe in individuals’ rights to free speech and to publish any content that they see fit. Part of the WordPress mission to democratize publishing is allowing everyone to have a voice, no matter what it is they have to say.

If you’d like to discuss this further, feel free to email me directly– sam at automattic dot com.