[tor-talk] trackers in OONI Probe Mobile App / was: NEW RiseupVPN test in OONI Probe Mobile App

[Dave Warren]

On 2021-02-06 01:11, bo0od wrote:
> Actually OONI tests is absolute useless to find anything bad, All the 
> tests being done can be known trivially by using the internet e.g:
> 
> - check for websites blockage
> - check for Tor blockage
> - check for Internet speed
> ..etc
> 
> Which one of that need magic/effort to be known? child using the 
> internet in that area can give you all the results without the need to 
> run this OONI app

The app gives me a one-click "Is this network censored, and what sort of 
censorship might apply" without manually maintaining such a list myself, 
and inspecting each site manually.

For my own part, I'm a lot more comfortable explaining why I am using a 
censorship diagnostics tool than I am opening offensive sites in a 
public location.

And while we're on the topic, you might well want to spend your time 
checking 25-1463 of the sites on the global list manually, and if this 
is how you spend your free time, all power to you! I would rather a tool 
do the work and give me a summary report which I can inspect.

And if you do go through this process manually, regularly, on different 
networks, I trust you collect the results and tabulate the results in a 
meaningful and collaborative way to provide public information on 
censorship across a wide range of networks and countries?

I have no affiliation with the app developers, except as a satisfied 
user who does find value in the current app.

Could there be more functionality added? Sure!

> It should give results for middle boxes , DNS/TLS hijacking ...etc something useful/worth to run OONI for. 

These would be great things to consider adding too.