OONI
A nonprofit, open-source project focused on monitoring internet censorship. It documents the state of network censorship worldwide through distributed collaboration and open datasets, and provides tools such as OONI Probe to support internet freedom research.
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The OONI (Open Observatory of Network Interference) project provides an open-source tool called OONI Probe for measuring and recording censorship on networks.
The OONI project recently received 177 points and 112 comments on Hacker News.
Measurement data collected by OONI users running tests is aggregated into a public dataset that researchers, journalists, or activists can freely access and analyze.
Running OONI tests in regions with strict censorship may expose the intent to test, and users need to assess the safety of their environment on their own.
OONI provides an informed consent process and explains within the app the type of traffic generated by each test, allowing users to selectively run only low-risk tests.
OONI measurement data has certain sensitive fields removed before upload, but local network information such as ASN (Autonomous System Number) is still included in the public dataset.
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The OONI (Open Observatory of Network Interference) project provides an open-source tool called OONI Probe for measuring and recording censorship on networks.
50%UnverifiedMeasurement data collected by OONI users running tests is aggregated into a public dataset that researchers, journalists, or activists can freely access and analyze.
50%UnverifiedRunning OONI tests in regions with strict censorship may expose the intent to test, and users need to assess the safety of their environment on their own.
50%UnverifiedOONI provides an informed consent process and explains within the app the type of traffic generated by each test, allowing users to selectively run only low-risk tests.
50%UnverifiedOONI measurement data has certain sensitive fields removed before upload, but local network information such as ASN (Autonomous System Number) is still included in the public dataset.
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