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OONI Tools Help Users Test for Internet Censorship

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Summary

OONI Probe tests websites, messaging apps, circumvention tools, connection quality, and middleboxes for signs of interference. OONI Explorer lets users browse anonymized measurements collected worldwide.

Key points

  • OONI Probe is available for iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS, with a command-line option for Linux and macOS.
  • Tests cover website access, messaging services, circumvention tools such as Tor and Psiphon, connection quality, and middleboxes.
  • Users can customize website testing by adding sites or limiting tests to selected lists or categories.
  • OONI says test results are anonymized and published to OONI Explorer, where users can filter results by country and date.
  • The article reports that OONI's dataset contains about 2.9 billion measurements from 242 countries.
  • OONI provides an API and documentation for researchers, but the API does not support very large data transfers.

Article Details

Topic
OONI tools for measuring internet censorship, network interference, and connection quality

Products

OONI ExplorerTwo major parts: OONI Probe app (install or web) and OONI Explorer (web and API).OONI ProbeTwo major parts: OONI Probe app (install or web) and OONI Explorer (web and API).

Tools

Psiphonipvanish.com, lantern.io, mullvad.net, nordvpn.com, privateinternetaccess.com, protonvpn.com, psiphon.ca, purevpn.com, strongvpn.com, surfshark.com, torproject.org, tunnelbear.com, ultrasurf.us andRiseupVPN— Psiphon circumvention tool and RiseupVPN testsTorWith OONI, you can find out if a particular website, social network, messenger, VPN, Tor and other applications are blocked.Tor SnowflakeAnd 3 for actual circumvention tools' networks: Tor, Tor Snowflake alone, and Psiphon

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