JurMar 8
Rik Viergever

Read below 👇 why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests

"Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).

The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."

https://librespeed.org/

https://www.reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1rmalpy/news_librespeed_opensource_alternative_made_in/

#FOSS #opensource

LibreSpeed - Speed Test

Free and Open Source Speedtest. No Flash, No Java, No Websocket, No Bullshit.

Mar 7 at 7:38pmWeb
Show threadRik ViergeverMar 7
"Calling it 'speed test data' dramatically undersells what is actually happening. Ookla captures more than 1,000 attributes per test. If you have given the app location access, it collects your precise GPS coordinates and links them to your home IP address, building a physical map of network locations tied to real households. 250 million consumer-initiated tests happen per month. That is 250 million data points per month from people who thought they were just checking their internet speed."
Show threadMatthew "Smiffy" SmithMar 8
@rikviergever I will need to set up something local, to get decent numbers. But I am in Australia, and picked Japan as my nearest node - and I was very impressed by what I got. Bedankt voor het delen!
Show threadMelvin GundlachMar 9

@grumpysmiffy @rikviergever You could try Linode’s speedtest. It’s not open source, but has no tracking scripts or stuff like that. It’s more of an advertisement for their servers.

They have two speed test locations in Australia.

https://www.akamai.com/de/cloud/speed-test

Show threadMatthew "Smiffy" SmithMar 9
@melgu Ooh, thank you - I had no idea that they had one!
Show threadPrincess Serena Star ✨Mar 10
@rikviergever Not sure why anyone would allow GPS/location access to a speedtest app/site anyways. Permissions to Camera, Location, and Phone are all requested (and denied) on my Android phone
Show threadRichard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️Mar 7

@rikviergever

Interestingly I get higher numbers from this than Speedtest gives me, including the ping.

Show threadShaun McDonaldMar 8
@the5thColumnist @rikviergever for the ping lower is better.
Show threadRichard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️Mar 8

@smsm1 @rikviergever

I know that's what I though that was weird, two readings better and one worse

Show threadkauerMar 9
@the5thColumnist @smsm1 @rikviergever Ping is tricky. It is often treated as low priority traffic.
Show threadminiMar 8
@the5thColumnist @rikviergever librespeed regularly overreads - my ISP runs their own instance for testing and it frequently tells me that my internet is faster than my devices or connection can physically do.
Show threadAndré PolykanineMar 7
@rikviergever And of course, accessibility is… meh. I wonder, why almost all open-source solutions are so careless about accessibility?
Show threadKevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦Mar 8
@menelion @rikviergever replacing "open-source" with "unpaid volunteer with hyper-specific skillset" might help explain it? Same for design.
Show threadDroppie [opensoc]Mar 8
@rikviergever sadly it seems not so handy for, eg, we in australia / new zealand, with the nearest server apparently japan. pity nothing in oceania.
Show threadkauerMar 9
@msdropbear @rikviergever Well - give it time! Maybe someone will set one up? I'd donate to that cause, maybe others will. Don't discard the whole idea just because it doesn't work perfectly out of the gate...
Show threadMastodon MigrationMar 8

@rikviergever

Is this working for everyone? Just hangs on looking for server.

Show threadKevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦Mar 8
@mastodonmigration @rikviergever maybe a mastodon hug-of-death is happening?
Show threadMastodon MigrationMar 8

@kboyd @rikviergever

Lols

Show threadAnneHMar 9
@mastodonmigration @rikviergever same (uk)
Show threadPatrick CherryMar 8

.@rikviergever OONI probe is ope source and open data, and doesn’t request geolocation (at least on iOS)

https://ooni.org/

OONI: Open Observatory of Network Interference

The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) is a global community measuring internet censorship around the world. Run OONI Probe to detect internet censorship. Use OONI Explorer to track internet censorship worldwide in near real-time.

Show threadfan boy 🪭Mar 8

@rikviergever
Again I'm confused about a reality where a website that does a speed test is worth a billion dollars. 🫠

Yes, I saw the post about the other information which is collected. It still makes no sense.

Show threadcroutonMar 8
@rikviergever that 1.2B pricetag in and of itself says something about the amount of data that ookla "incidentally" collects
Show threadBorrisMar 8
@rikviergever You know what it also doesn't have? Screen reader accessibility. It's pretty much unusable with any screen reader for various reasons, unlike Ookla Speedtest which works very well. BTW, this sucks.
Show threadLeo Schuldiner🤘🏼Mar 8
@rikviergever thank you for sharing!
Show threadJames CridlandMar 8
@rikviergever Given that librespeed’s closest test server is a 14 hour flight away, it’s a noble idea but entirely impractical.
Show threadKevin RussellMar 8

@james @rikviergever

But you still understand the warning that a corporate "internet speed test" is a strip search by chimps?

The speed test that doesnt sell images of my underwear and bank pin # is not as useful at guessing my internet speeds.

Show threadAnne DelongMar 8

@kevinrns @james @rikviergever

LibreSpeed doesn't have a good selection for Ping for me either, but once you use it with a certain server, you can compare later to see if the ping has gotten worse. LibreSpeed was very accurate at telling my upload and download speeds.

Show threadGary HoustonMar 8
@rikviergever Hmm, not bad.
Show threadGillingerMar 8

@rikviergever @StingrayBadger

Gives me a download speed, but no upload reading. Tried it three times. Not that impressed

Show threadChery (Great Australian Pods)Mar 8
@rikviergever no Australian server alas
Show threadBocchi the Ryu Mar 8

@rikviergever

I already use OpenSpeedTest, but there's no alternatives for when I ssh into my servers and am limited to the cli. :(

Show threadHoldMyTypeMar 8
@rikviergever @gabrielesvelto this was very needed
Show threadAlper Çuğun-GscheidelMar 8
@rikviergever Does libre mean my eyes have to bleed?
Show threadpinkforest(she/her) 🦀Mar 8
@rikviergever Accenture was that final nail for bugtraq too. it had some sort of zombie resurrection by them that went nowhere.. https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2021/Jan/
Bugtraq: by thread

Show threadJake KF0AREMar 8
@rikviergever This got my speed wrong by a factor of 15.
Show threadCharles EckmanMar 9

@kf0are @rikviergever not as bad here but still a factor of >2 (compared to fast.com). Download only, upload was pretty in line.

Guessing the server has its outbound link saturated?

Show threadkauerMar 9
@kf0are @rikviergever (Terry Jones voice) "But how do you *know* it is wrong?"
Show threadJanet FraserMar 8
@rikviergever I'd like to use it but no servers available to me except in the fascist state to the south. Can't use it now but bookmarked for future consideration. 🇨🇦
Show threadEnricoMar 9
@rikviergever I generally use fast.com , and while I am sure it does the same overcollection of data, it’s Netflix, so they already know. But I will give this a try.
Show threadJAK & WilliMar 9
@rikviergever Is there an alternative to Downdetector?
Show threadMegan Lynch (she/her)Mar 10

@sean @rikviergever I've used https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ for years now.

I don't know much about who owns them, but it's encouraging that they say something about ethics here: https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/about/advertise

Is it down? Check at Down for Everyone or Just Me

Check if a website or service is down or having problems and report your problems! Click now to check/report problems!

Downfor
Show threadVictoria🏳️‍⚧️Mar 9
@rikviergever sadly it doesn't really give good results :(
Show threadF4GRX SébastienMar 9

@rikviergever BEWARE I have never seen ANY site with THAT MANY third party scripts to load!!! WOW Have a look at the umatrix or ublock origin window, it's INSANE!

it downloads from 21 different domains not including the main one!

Show threadMelvin GundlachMar 9

@f4grx @rikviergever For me, it doesn’t load a single third party script. The only script loaded is the primary speedtest.js which is obviously required.

All third party network calls just query the different servers to get the ping. The responses don’t actually contain anything.

Show threadGrant_HMar 10

@melgu @f4grx @rikviergever

I get your point, but it *is* a scary list

Show threadMelvin GundlachMar 10
@grant_h @f4grx @rikviergever It’s less scary when you see the content (or rather missing content) of all those calls to „empty.php“ 😄
Show threadF4GRX SébastienMar 10

@melgu @grant_h @rikviergever why contact so many servers then.

A text description of what they exactly do would be very welcome.

Show threadMelvin GundlachMar 10
@f4grx @grant_h @rikviergever It does say „Selecting a server…“, so for laypeople that’s enough info. Nerds can look at the network logs.
Show threadThomas TraynorMar 9
@rikviergever bookmarked.
Show threadefscherMar 9
@rikviergever Bufferbloat Test is quite good as a "speed" test:

https://arshankhanifar.github.iou
Show threadJ.P. StewartMar 9

@rikviergever Not to mention selling data to ICE!

https://govtribe.com/vendors/ookla-llc-ookla-5scf5

Show threadDominikMar 9
@rikviergever Lovely, will use this next time I need a speed test!
Show threadLightMar 9
@rikviergever That's cool. I have been wanting a speedtest.net and fast.com alternative that's good.
Show threadMartinMar 9
@mayintoronto @rikviergever Wow and wow! Yup, checkin this alternative out.
Show threadMartinMar 9
@mayintoronto @rikviergever Meh, too bad there isn't a Canadian server, but this will do just the same.