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Why is this an app instead of a just a web page with some javascript? It looks like the answer is that the app runs continuously in the background and periodic
by montroser 6y ago
Why is this an app instead of a just a web page with some javascript? It looks like the answer is that the app runs continuously in the background and periodically/randomly runs bandwidth tests and phones home with the results.
I like the goals of this initiative, but also would appreciate a way to participate that doesn't involve a full blown mobile app and all the security/privacy issues that come with.
- sliken 6y agoThey are trying to get a good survey of all the networks you visit, with multiple samples for each. However it asks for a bandwidth allocation, which I gave it infinite. It also asks to run in the background, which I denied. So it only runs when I ask, which seems completely reasonable.