March 2017 - ooni-talk - lists.torproject.org

Specifying the term "vendor" on OONI Explorer
by Anatol 07 Jun '17

07 Jun '17

Dear Oonitarians, I would like to discuss wether the vagueness of the term 'vendor' on http://explorer.ooni.torproject.org/ is potentially taking some impact from understanding OONIs test results for new users. I personally recall thinking it meant something like "vendors of internet infrastructure" the first time I visited the explorer, and the only place to figure it out is in one of the boxes in /highlights/. I'm not entirely sure what an appropriate specification should look like, I guess … [View More]

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Report: The State of Internet Censorship in Myanmar
by Maria Xynou 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

Hi, Today the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), in collaboration with Sinar Project and Myanmar ICT for Development Organization (MIDO), published a report on *The State of Internet Censorship in Myanmar*. You can read our report here: https://ooni.torproject.org/post/myanmar-report/ As part of our study, OONI software tests were run across 6 local vantage points in Myanmar between 25th October 2016 and 28th February 2017. These tests are designed to measure: - Blocking of … [View More]

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Examining internet shutdowns through public data sources
by Maria Xynou 28 Mar '17

28 Mar '17

Hi, Today we (the OONI team) released a post which explains our methodology when examining internet blackouts through public data sources. You can find the post here: https://ooni.torproject.org/post/examining-internet-blackouts/ This also includes an ipython network which shows how to automatically analyze Google traffic data with the aim of identifying internet blackouts. We hope you find this useful! Please contact us with any questions or suggestions you may have (while bearing in mind … [View More]

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Reminder: OONI community meeting tomorrow
by Maria Xynou 20 Mar '17

20 Mar '17

Hello, I am sending this email as a reminder that *tomorrow, 21st March*, we will be having the *OONI community meeting* at *12:00 UTC* on *https://slack.openobservatory.org*. We hope you can join us for a discussion around internet censorship! Please add topics that you would like to discuss as part of the meeting in the following pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/ooni-community-meeting Looking forward to connecting with you tomorrow! ~ The OONI team. -- Maria Xynou Research and Partnerships … [View More]

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New report: The State of Internet Censorship in Thailand
by Maria Xynou 20 Mar '17

20 Mar '17

Hello, Today, in collaboration with Sinar Project and the Thai Netizen Network, the OONI project published a research report on "*The State of Internet Censorship in Thailand*". You can view our joint report here: https://ooni.torproject.org/post/thailand-internet-censorship/ Over the last 4 months, ooniprobe was run across 16 local vantage points in Thailand, through which we collected and analyzed thousands of network measurements with the aim of examining and uncovering recent censorship … [View More]

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OONI community meeting
by Maria Xynou 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

Hello! The OONI team warmly welcomes all those interested in censorship research to join us for a *community meeting next Tuesday, 21st March 2017 at 12:00 UTC*. We'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions on how to improve research on internet censorship! Please join us on *https://slack.openobservatory.org* and add topics that you would like to discuss as part of the meeting in this pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/ooni-community-meeting If you're not able to join us, please feel … [View More]

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Call for testing for ooniprobe 2.2.0rc2
by Arturo Filastò 13 Mar '17

13 Mar '17

Hello Oonitarians! We have just made a release candiate for the upcoming 2.2.0 ooniprobe release. This features the new web UI as well as other improvements to ooniprobe itself. It would be extremely useful to have people test it for bugs and ensure it's stability before we do the final release. You can find this release candidate here: https://github.com/TheTorProject/ooni-probe/releases/tag/v2.2.0-rc.2. At the bottom of the release log you can find instructions on how to install it … [View More]

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