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

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I think you miss the point, OONI is more than the App, its also the 
public database with the test results.

And while i agree that Signal/Matrix etc. should be more important, they 
are not. Whatsapp is far more used.

Greetings

On 06.02.2021 09:11, 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 current development/developers are giving garbage application.
>
> It should give results for middle boxes , DNS/TLS hijacking ...etc
> something useful/worth to run OONI for.
>
> One of the funny things it test for whatsapp if its blocked, But it
> doenst do that for signal or element/matrix where they are more
> important than the malware whatsapp... What a waste of effort and
> money
>
> Christian Pietsch:
> > Dear Maria,
> > dear OONI Probe users,
> >
> > having used OONI Probe on Android devices in the past, I was shocked
> > to find out today that at least the version distributed via Google's
> > Play Store seems to contain two trackers, namely Countly and Google
> > Firebase Analytics: 
> > https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/161999/
> >
> > Countly is UK based. They admit that they collect personal data from
> > users as defined in the GDPR: https://count.ly/legal/privacy-policy
> > Regarding Google (Firebase) Analytics, we know they collect any data
> > they can. Trackers are spyware. Don't use apps that contain them!
> >
> > F-Droid provides a version of OONI Probe to Android users that is
> > tracker-free – like all apps in this app store. I double-checked it
> > using the Exodus software mentioned above on the command line.
> > https://f-droid.org/de/packages/org.openobservatory.ooniprobe/
> >
> > Why don't you provide a clean version of your app to the majority of
> > Android users who still rely on Google's Play Store, OONI?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Christian
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 11:21:13AM +0100, Maria Xynou wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > We're excited to share that the latest OONI Probe version features a
> > > brand new test for RiseupVPN!
> > >
> > > You can now check whether RiseupVPN works on your network. Learn all
> > > about this test here: https://ooni.org/nettest/riseupvpn/
> > >
> > > To run the new RiseupVPN test, update to the latest version (2.9.1) 
> > > of
> > > OONI Probe Mobile: https://ooni.org/install/mobile
> > >
> > > All RiseupVPN test results from around the world are openly published 
> > > in
> > > near real-time:
> > > https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2020-12-30&test_name=riseupvpn
> > >
> > > Warm thanks to the folks from the LEAP collective for developing this
> > > new test! <3
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Maria (on behalf of the OONI team).
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