[extradesgo]

Is there any acceptable excuse for this not being open sourced?

[commoner]

Previous versions of the FCC Speed Test app are free and open source (GPLv2):

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]

There is no guarantee that the app is built only from the open source bits.

[commoner]

That is always the case unless reproducible builds are available.

[dombili]

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]

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]

Making it harder to fingerprint.

[LMYahooTFY]

Does this actually make it significantly harder to finger print?