Talk:Internet censorship

Blocked.org.uk Project

I have compiled a list from bits n pieces found in other posts and our today's discussion along with my proposal structure on how to work on the project. It could be possibly a candidate for the wiki.

Please comment/add/remove points.

Hardware part

• Supported USB/non USB mobile dongles, availability, price

 o How many can be supported (power concerns)?

• Power cable specification, price

 o RPi often hangs when there is not enough power.

• Memory card class (speed), size, price

 o Size depends on the amount of data we want to keep before submission to "backend".

• SIM cards: price, availability, needed data volume, coverage of mobile networks.

Software part

RPi software part

Perhaps this section can host multiple architectures (PC, Mac,Android, others).

• RPi boot image

 o Providing an image ready to roll RPi OS and ooni.

• OS updates (security updates)

 o Since RPi is going to be 24/7 online it's quite important toassure that at least the security updates being performed. However it could cause problem with ooni version specific packages.

• Network configuration

 o Automatically recognize the mobile network being used and configure accordingly.
 o Has general internet access (via ethernet or wifi).

ooni-probe software part

• Installation: packages and/or install script

 o People should be able to install it themselves (automatic or manual).
 o Building by adds transparency to the whole project.

• Upgrade: would be nice to ensure that upgrade (auto, manual or both) is possible.

• Rulesets, tests, decks

 o Can routinely connect to a queue service on the internet, pull done URLs to check, and send back structured data in response.
 o Support deployment of "Ooni Probe" tests.
 o Has some understanding of the various styles of blocking responses, and can extract metadata regarding the block.

ooni-backend software part

• API: ooni-backend provides an API that allows applications to interact with ooni-probe.

Blocked.org.uk website

• Improve our blocked.org.uk tool

 o Accept requests for check ups as well as blocked reports

• Publish tables of results on blocked.org.uk website, eg. sites misclassified and dates, plus current status.

Research part

• Collate results in repository

 o Help other ORG activists to build their own probes and tools for testing, submitting URLs to us.

• Threats

 o Threats: Hypothetical security risks for Ooni's associated Roles.

Half-baked ideas

Mobile application

• Android app

Fixmyinternet

• Mysociety help/resources

Abbreviations

• RPi: Raspberry Pi
• OS: Operating System

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The spam filter won't let me add a link to a Control_of_Internet_Access_(Child_P****graphy)_Bill_2006 - maybe that's why it's an orphaned page - Sheila 15:52, 27 December 2006 (GMT)

• Code of practice for new forms of content on mobiles. This affects 3G/HSDPA services provided by mobile companies too. Vodafone's Content Control goes way above this though. Secretlondon 03:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

4chan

There has been some discussion about the blocking of bits of 4chan by BT, claimed to be via Cleanfeed. Wikipedia:4chan has some details and references. I cannot load any of the discussion as Vodafone block the entire site(!) but this is one of the references given. Secretlondon 03:50, 20 November 2007 (UTC)