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This page shows
the
status
of
each aspect
of the
project as at Thursday 3 April 2014
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Many of
the
components are at an advanced stage
of
preparation however there is still significant work to be done to integrate them. There is a particular risk that the ooniprobe API won't be built in time for us to use in the first iteration
of
our system. We can work around this by using some scripts in
the
short term however work on this has not yet started. Another risk is that the anroid probe is not currently in active development yet it needs significant updates to work with the new API. Test broadband lines will become available in a couple of weeks time and this will let us compile some initial reports from general URL lists and manually-crafted lists of user-submitted URLs
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=Funding and sponsorship=
=Funding and sponsorship=
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==Andrews & Arnold==
==Andrews & Arnold==
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Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) are a UK ISP providing top quality leading edge telecommunications solutions for technical and professional customers. They are corporate members of the Open Rights Group. They only provide unfiltered internet connections. More information is available on their [http://aaisp.net.uk/ website].
Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) are a UK ISP providing top quality leading edge telecommunications solutions for technical and professional customers. They are corporate members of the Open Rights Group. They only provide unfiltered internet connections. More information is available on their [http://aaisp.net.uk/ website].
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==Bytemark hosting==
==Bytemark hosting==
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Bytemark started in 2001 as a consulting firm based in York, UK. Its directors are experienced software and network engineers Matthew Bloch and Peter Taphouse. They combined their experience to build the UK’s 'nerd hosting outfit of choice'. They are long-term supporters of the Open Rights Group. More information about the company can be found on its [http://www.bytemark.co.uk website].
Bytemark started in 2001 as a consulting firm based in York, UK. Its directors are experienced software and network engineers Matthew Bloch and Peter Taphouse. They combined their experience to build the UK’s 'nerd hosting outfit of choice'. They are long-term supporters of the Open Rights Group. More information about the company can be found on its [http://www.bytemark.co.uk website].
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==Donations and membership==
==Donations and membership==
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In January 2014 a generous donor offered ORG £3000 in matched funding to hire a project manager to support ths project. We held a funding drive and raised a total of £3354 in donations and new membership subscriptions over a three-week period, more than matching our target, and releasing the full £3000 donation from our benefactor. Richard King ([[user:Rk|Rk]]) was hired to work one day per week as project manager in February 2014. By virtue of the successful funding drive his contract was extended to two days per week in April 2014.
In January 2014 a generous donor offered ORG £3000 in matched funding to hire a project manager to support ths project. We held a funding drive and raised a total of £3354 in donations and new membership subscriptions over a three-week period, more than matching our target, and releasing the full £3000 donation from our benefactor. Richard King ([[user:Rk|Rk]]) was hired to work one day per week as project manager in February 2014. By virtue of the successful funding drive his contract was extended to two days per week in April 2014.
=Advocacy and publicity=
=Advocacy and publicity=
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In March Richard King spoke about the project at ORG local groups in Edinburgh, Sheffield and Manchester. ORG has also sent a couple of emails out to its general supporters mailing-list asking for donations and telling people how to get involved.
In March Richard King spoke about the project at ORG local groups in Edinburgh, Sheffield and Manchester. ORG has also sent a couple of emails out to its general supporters mailing-list asking for donations and telling people how to get involved.
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=Documentation=
=Documentation=
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The project on-ramp starts on the [http://www.blocked.org.uk/help blocked.org.uk help page], which explains what we're trying to achieve, where we are currently and how people can get involved.
The project on-ramp starts on the [http://www.blocked.org.uk/help blocked.org.uk help page], which explains what we're trying to achieve, where we are currently and how people can get involved.
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=Infrastructure=
=Infrastructure=
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In March we received the following update from Alex Bloor, Business Development Manager at Andrews & Arnold, on the fixed-line ISP infrastructure part of the project:
In March we received the following update from Alex Bloor, Business Development Manager at Andrews & Arnold, on the fixed-line ISP infrastructure part of the project:
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===Android Probe (Censor Census / Bowdlerize)===
===Android Probe (Censor Census / Bowdlerize)===
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[https://bowdlerize.co.uk/ Bowdlerize] is the code name for an Android app-based probe, also known as Censor Census. URLs are sent to Android devices with the app installed. Upon receipt of a probe payload the app checks the URL via a HTTP HEAD request to test if it is censored or not. The results of these tests are then reported back to our database.
[https://bowdlerize.co.uk/ Bowdlerize] is the code name for an Android app-based probe, also known as Censor Census. URLs are sent to Android devices with the app installed. Upon receipt of a probe payload the app checks the URL via a HTTP HEAD request to test if it is censored or not. The results of these tests are then reported back to our database.
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==Website==
==Website==
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The new website front-end design is in active development. Template proofs have been published on github and some comments have been received.
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A staging server is available, hosted on one of the bytemark servers, and an instance of the MODX CMS has been installed there. The web designers are currently implementing the template proofs in MODX.
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We still need to migrate page content from the old site or write new content. We also need JavaScript development in two areas: communication with the API (to queue submitted URLs for testing and to retrieve and display results); and implementing the form hiding/revealing features (so that filling in the first bit of the form reveals the next part).
=Testing and QA=
=Testing and QA=
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No organised bug reporting, triage or resolution process has been implemented yet. Contributors are encouraged to raise issues on github for bugs, feature requests and other suggestions.
=Interpretation of results=
=Interpretation of results=
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We have not yet started considering how we might interpret results.
[[category:Censorship Monitoring Project]]
[[category:Censorship Monitoring Project]]