Just tried it works great Maria Xynou <ma...@openobservatory.org> skrev: (9 februari 2017 13:22:05 CET) >Hi Tor community, > >Today the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is thrilled >to >announce the release of *ooniprobe mobile app* on *Google Play* and >*iOS* app stores! > >*Google Play:* >https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openobservatory.ooniprobe > >*iOS:* https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id1199566366 > >OONI's new mobile app is easy to use and allows you to monitor: > >*- **Blocking of websites;** >**- Presence of systems ("middle boxes") that could be responsible for >censorship and/or surveillance;** >**- Speed and performance of your network.* > >Since OONI started monitoring global censorship events five years ago, >we have seen that many cases of internet censorship around the world >are >politically motivated, aimed at stifling communications and access to >information during protests, elections, and other political events. >While we may all be familiar with such events, what we often lacked was >*evidence *required to hold those responsible to account. What we also >lacked was real-time understanding of how internet censorship was >implemented, and therefore how it could be circumvented. > >Now anyone who owns an Android or iOS smartphone can play an active >role >in uncovering information controls around the world. > >OONI's new mobile app not only allows you to see which websites are >blocked, how, where, when, and by whom, but it also provides tips on >how >to circumvent the detected censorship. It also allows you to measure >the >speed and performance of your network, which can be useful in >uncovering >more covert forms of censorship, such as throttling (a censorship >technique we have increasingly seen in Turkey and elsewhere around the >world). > >All network measurement data collected through OONI's mobile app is >*published on OONI Explorer >*(https://explorer.ooni.torproject.org/world/) and on *OONI's >measurement interface* (https://measurements.ooni.torproject.org/) -- >unless you opt out. Open data allows third parties to conduct >independent studies, to verify OONI findings, and to answer other >research questions. It also allows us all to have a more accurate >understanding of information controls around the world. With each test >you run via OONI's mobile app, you are playing an active role in >increasing transparency of internet censorship. > >ooniprobe is an investigatory tool and may therefore pose some risks >(https://ooni.torproject.org/about/risks/). When you first install the >app, we require you to answer a quiz correctly, demonstrating your >understanding of potential risks. > >We believe that access to information is a fundamental human right and >therefore everyone should have the right and ability to examine their >digital world and the restrictions that may be imposed on it. Moses >Karanja, a Kenyan researcher on the politics of information controls at >Strathmore University's CIPIT said in a statement: > >/"What Signal did for end-to-end encryption, OONI did for unmasking >censorship. Most Africans rely on mobile phones as their primary means >of accessing the internet and OONI's mobile app allows for >decentralized >efforts in unmasking the nature of censorship and internet performance. >The possibilities are exciting for researchers, business and the human >rights community around the world. We look forward to interesting days >ahead."/ > >Learn more about OONI's mobile app here: >https://ooni.torproject.org/post/ooni-mobile-app/ > >Please contact the OONI team with any questions you may have at >*cont...@openobservatory.org*. > >All the best, > >The OONI Team. > >-- >Maria Xynou >Research and Partnerships Coordinator >Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) >https://ooni.torproject.org/ >PGP Key Fingerprint: 2DC8 AFB6 CA11 B552 1081 FBDE 2131 B3BE 70CA 417E
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