top | item 26803689 (no title) extradesgo | 4 years ago Is there any acceptable excuse for this not being open sourced? discuss order hn newest commoner|4 years ago Previous versions of the FCC Speed Test app are free and open source (GPLv2):2017 iOS version: https://github.com/SamKnows/skios-fcc2014 Android version: https://github.com/SamKnows/skandroid-fcc2013 Android version: https://github.com/FCC/mobile-mba-androidappMethodology: https://www.fcc.gov/general/measuring-broadband-america-open...Judging from the media coverage, it looks like the app was recently updated. The source code for the current version has not yet been released, but I hope that it will be soon. Zhenya|4 years ago There is no guarantee that the app is built only from the open source bits. load replies (1) dombili|4 years ago Looks like the app was outsourced to a company named SamKnows. They have another speed test app on their iOS developer page that looks eerily similar to this app. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/samknows-test-your-internet/id... Spivak|4 years ago I mean it’s not that eerie. They found an app they liked paid to whitelabel it. Buy over build when good solutions already exist. hugh-avherald|4 years ago Making it harder to fingerprint. LMYahooTFY|4 years ago Does this actually make it significantly harder to finger print? unknown|4 years ago [deleted]
commoner|4 years ago Previous versions of the FCC Speed Test app are free and open source (GPLv2):2017 iOS version: https://github.com/SamKnows/skios-fcc2014 Android version: https://github.com/SamKnows/skandroid-fcc2013 Android version: https://github.com/FCC/mobile-mba-androidappMethodology: https://www.fcc.gov/general/measuring-broadband-america-open...Judging from the media coverage, it looks like the app was recently updated. The source code for the current version has not yet been released, but I hope that it will be soon. Zhenya|4 years ago There is no guarantee that the app is built only from the open source bits. load replies (1)
Zhenya|4 years ago There is no guarantee that the app is built only from the open source bits. load replies (1)
dombili|4 years ago Looks like the app was outsourced to a company named SamKnows. They have another speed test app on their iOS developer page that looks eerily similar to this app. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/samknows-test-your-internet/id... Spivak|4 years ago I mean it’s not that eerie. They found an app they liked paid to whitelabel it. Buy over build when good solutions already exist.
Spivak|4 years ago I mean it’s not that eerie. They found an app they liked paid to whitelabel it. Buy over build when good solutions already exist.
hugh-avherald|4 years ago Making it harder to fingerprint. LMYahooTFY|4 years ago Does this actually make it significantly harder to finger print?
commoner|4 years ago
2017 iOS version: https://github.com/SamKnows/skios-fcc
2014 Android version: https://github.com/SamKnows/skandroid-fcc
2013 Android version: https://github.com/FCC/mobile-mba-androidapp
Methodology: https://www.fcc.gov/general/measuring-broadband-america-open...
Judging from the media coverage, it looks like the app was recently updated. The source code for the current version has not yet been released, but I hope that it will be soon.
Zhenya|4 years ago
dombili|4 years ago
Spivak|4 years ago
hugh-avherald|4 years ago
LMYahooTFY|4 years ago
unknown|4 years ago
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