Re: [tor-talk] BOOM! New OONI Mobile App Released!

[Flipchan <flipchan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Just tried it works great

Maria Xynou <maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
>*contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*.
>
>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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