February 2020 - ooni-talk - lists.torproject.org

Wrong country detected - how to correct?
by Matt Bruce 31 May '20

31 May '20

Hi all, I'm running ooniprobe on a Raspberry Pi with Pi-Hole and CloudFlare as the upstream DNS, and it seems to be working fine with the exception that it appears to be detecting the wrong country. It's showing "Country: BE". I initially thought it was showing the wrong ASN, too, but lookups using multiple tools confirm it's the correct one. I assume "BE" means Belgium, but those 2 letters are also the first two of the county in which I live in the UK. Is it possible that ooniprobe is pulling in the state/province/county data as Country rather than the actual country by mistake? (Just guessing). It's uploading the measurements with this same BE Country information, and I'm concerned that it's polluting OONI data. I've read the documentation, searched online, etc, but I can't find how to stop the bad detection or to override those values in the ooniprobe.conf file. Assuming I shouldn't just ignore this, can anyone steer me in the right direction, please? Thanks, Matt

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magma guide
by Maria Xynou 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

Hello friends, Interested in doing research on internet censorship through the use of network measurements? The magma guide (created by community member Vasilis Ververis) can help you get started: https://magma.lavafeld.org/ Learn more about the guide here: https://www.opentech.fund/news/helping-quantify-online-controls/ Cheers, Maria. -- Maria Xynou Research & Partnerships Director Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) https://ooni.org/ PGP Key Fingerprint: 2DC8 AFB6 CA11 B552 1081 FBDE 2131 B3BE 70CA 417E

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Blocking of social media in Togo
by Maria Xynou 25 Feb '20

25 Feb '20

Hello, The OONI team published a report on the blocking of instant messaging apps in Togo last Saturday, amid their 2020 presidential election. The report is available here: https://ooni.org/post/2020-togo-blocks-instant-messaging-apps/ Thanks to measurements contributed by OONI Probe users (https://ooni.org/install/) in Togo, we found that access to the WhatsApp mobile app, Telegram Web, and Facebook Messenger were blocked on 2 networks (Togo Telecom & Atlantique Telecom) in Togo on election day. They were, however, accessible on the Canalbox network, suggesting that internet censorship varies across networks in Togo. Warm thanks to OONI Probe users in Togo for contributing measurements and making this study possible! All the best, Maria (on behalf of the OONI team). -- Maria Xynou Research & Partnerships Director Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) https://ooni.org/ PGP Key Fingerprint: 2DC8 AFB6 CA11 B552 1081 FBDE 2131 B3BE 70CA 417E

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OONI Community Meeting: Tuesday, 25th February 2020
by Maria Xynou 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

Hello, The OONI team warmly welcomes you to join us next Tuesday for our monthly community meeting. => Where? OONI Slack channel: https://slack.ooni.org/ (bridged with IRC: ircs://irc.oftc.net:6697/#ooni) => When? Tuesday, 25th February 2020 at 14:00 UTC (for 1 hour) Please add topics that you'd like to discuss during the meeting in this pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/ooni-community-meeting-keep The monthly OONI community meetings aim to: * Collect community feedback on OONI tools & methodologies * Address questions in relation to the use of OONI tools and OONI data * Foster discussions on internet censorship issues * Receive updates from the community We'd love to meet you and hear from you, and we hope you can join us! All the best, ~ OONI team -- Maria Xynou Research & Partnerships Director Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) https://ooni.org/ PGP Key Fingerprint: 2DC8 AFB6 CA11 B552 1081 FBDE 2131 B3BE 70CA 417E

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