Hi all,
It's great to see a lively discussion around ethics.
I would suggest reaching out to or CCIng the IRC Ethics mailing list ("icr-ethics-l: ethics in information control research" ICR-ETHICS-L@listserv.utoronto.ca) .
This is an effort led out of Oxford Internet Institute and Citizen Lab, looking at the various ethical challenges raised by networked systems, measurement particularly. They've been doing good, careful work analyzing complex issues such as these, and I'm sure they would be happy to consider this issue.
Cheers, Meredith
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 9:37 PM, jony-port@bitmessage.ch wrote:
Hi list,
It is more fair to consider OONI as an end-user network measurements tool running voluntarily and it should not be compared directly with various network measurements projects. Some relying on closed source software, non documented/hidden methodologies or could potential disclose user information to law enforcement.
There is nothing really illegal or improper (except ISP limitations/rules) that disallows a user to conduct network related measurements on it's own Internet connection. The user can decide the risks associated while running OONI, pretty much as in any other application for instance nmap and other security/port scanners.
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