ooni-probeDetecting internet filtering for a Free and Transparent

Internet

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Surveillance

• Internet filtering is a subset of Surveillance

• If they are filtering something, it means that they are surveilling everything

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Censorship

• Internet filtering is a form of non democratic oppression on people

• It allows those in power to subvert reality

• FilterNet

It’s a distortion of what is in reality the internet.

Follows the subjectiveness of the authorities

This does not help humanity

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What we are doing

• Help people circumvent censorship (Tor)

• Help people speak freely and anonymously (Tor Hidden Services)

• Measure Internet filtering in the world (ooni-Probe)

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Existing filter detection tools

• Various captive portal software

• Windows/iOS/Android/Google Chrome

• ONI has a tool called “rTurtle”

• Closed source tool.

• Herdict “The verdict of the herd”

• Based on users submissions.

• Some academic research

• GATech and UC Berkeley have the best work

• Methodology, tools and data are (usually) closed

everyone that tries to measure has closed methods, secret tests ,secret data, closed source

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ooni-probe

• Open methods

• Open test

• Open data

• Free software

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