[ooni-talk] Specifying the term "vendor" on OONI Explorer

[Vasilis]

Hi,

Anatol:
> I would like to discuss wether the vagueness of the term 'vendor' on
> http://explorer.ooni.torproject.org/ is potentially taking some impact
> from understanding OONIs test results for new users. I personally recall
> thinking it meant something like "vendors of internet infrastructure"
> the first time I visited the explorer, and the only place to figure it
> out is in one of the boxes in /highlights/.
> 
> I'm not entirely sure what an appropriate specification should look
> like, I guess it's a balance between correct definition and convenience
> in length - with a focus on the first my proposal would be "vendors of
> [potentially] traffic manipulating software" - but that's so long it
> will probably break the design of the front page. Maybe if someone knows
> a shorter, appropriate synonym for "[potentially] traffic manipulating
> software" ?

Bringing this up perhaps some candidates (note if they are too long):
- network traffic manipulation software/hardware
- netwrok traffic manipulation device



Cheers,
~Vasilis

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