Hello,
The OONI team made steady progress in December 2017.
We established three new partnerships and updated our test list documentation and several test lists. We deployed OONI Explorer based on our re-engineered data processing pipeline, and we developed a new endpoint for OONI Proteus that allows OONI Probe instances to obtain lists of URLs for dynamic testing. We also made a lot of progress on the revamping of the OONI Probe mobile apps, particularly in preparation for our next release which will include IM tests. We also participated at the 34th Chaos Communication Congress, where we presented OONI and engaged participants with OONI via our assembly.
# Established new partnerships
We are excited to have formally established three new partnerships! We now also have the opportunity to collaborate with:
1. Association of Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) - Egypt
2. Digital Society of Zimbabwe (DSZ) - Zimbabwe
3. Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI) - Sierra Leone
As part of our new partnerships, we aim to collaborate on the stable collection of network measurements from local vantage points, the creation and maintenance of censorship measurement resources (i.e. test lists), and on reporting on censorship events.
# Updated test list documentation
To support community members, we updated our documentation to include a new section describing the type of research required for contributing to test lists.
The updated test list documentation is available here: https://ooni.torproject.org/get-involved/contribute-test-lists/
# Updated test lists
During December, we collaborated with community members on updating the following test lists:
1. Ukraine: https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/269
2. Belarus: https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/273
3. Russia: https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/271
# OONI Explorer based on new pipeline
As of early December 2017, OONI Explorer serves measurements based on the new OONI data processing pipeline.
# New OONI Orchestrate API
We have developed a new endpoint for OONI Proteus that allows OONI Probe instances to obtain a list of URLs to test dynamically. This will make it easier to provision probes with fresh test lists.
See: https://github.com/TheTorProject/proteus/pull/33
# OONI Probe mobile
A lot of progress has been made on revamping the OONI Probe mobile app. We have been working on preparing a release, coming out in January 2018, that will allow users to test instant messagging apps (WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Telegram) for censorship via the OONI Probe mobile app. The new design mockups for iOS and Android are finalized and ready for the implementation phase.
# Community activities
## 34C3
The OONI team attended the 34th Chaos Communication Congress (34C3), Europe's largest annual hacker conference on technology, society, and utopia.
At 34C3, we hosted an assembly (called "OONI-verse") where we showcased OONI tools and engaged participants with the OONI project. Information about our assembly is available here: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2017/wiki/index.php/Assembly:OONI-verse
We also presented OONI at 34C3 in a lecture titled: "OONI: Let's fight internet censorship, together!" (https://events.ccc.de/congress/2017/Fahrplan/events/8923.html) https://events.ccc.de/congress/2017/Fahrplan/events/8923.html%29
Furthermore information about our participation at 34C3 is available through our relevant blog post: https://ooni.torproject.org/post/ooni-34c3/
## LAVITS and Primavera Hacker 2017
OONI was also presented at two conferences in Chile: LAVITS and Primavera Hacker 2017.
Further information is available here: https://ooni.torproject.org/post/ooni-lavits-phacker-2017/
## Translations
1. Derechos Digitales (our partner from Chile) translated the OONI Risks documentation to Spanish: https://ooni.torproject.org/es/about/risks/
2. In preparation for the release of new instant messaging app tests, the OONI Probe mobile apps were translated by community members to the following languages: Arabic, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Persian, Russian, and Spanish.
# OONI highlights from 2017 and plans for 2018
As the end of 2017 approached, we published a blog post outlining some OONI highlights from 2017, as well as our plans for 2018 (encouraging community feedback and participation).
This blog post is available here: https://ooni.torproject.org/post/ooni-in-2017/
# Userbase
In December 2017 OONI Probe was run 280,924 times from 4,550 different vantage points across 210 countries around the world.
This information can also be found through our stats here: https://api.ooni.io/stats
~ The OONI team.