Speedtest.net not accessible in Chrome due to deceptive ads

Wed Jul 20 19:51:18 UTC 2016

Thanks for the mention – for what it's worth, we are testing a more
accessible interface for the web-based NDT test.

Link: https://speed.measurementlab.net/#/

Definitely interested in feedback from the NANOG community.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Ishmael Rufus <sakamura at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://www.measurementlab.net/tools/ndt/
>
> 100% ad free.
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 7:55 AM, Janusz Jezowicz <janusz at speedchecker.xyz>
> wrote:
>
> > It seems that some users reporting the site is back. I am counting 6+
> hours
> > of outage.
> >
> > Alan - what you describe is something normal user will never do. When
> user
> > sees red screen like that, he runs screaming. So in theory yes, it was
> > accessible, but ... wasn't.
> >
> > Its hard to avoid Google nanny when they offer so many useful services
> >
> >
> >
> > On 20 July 2016 at 14:09, <A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > > Since this morning Speedtest.net is not accessible in Chrome
> > > > Reason:
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/safebrowsing/diagnostic/#url=c.speedtest.net
> > >
> > > someones complained about the URL based on them stupidly installing
> > > 'cleanmymac' or such?
> > >
> > > use the non flash junk HTML5 version instead
> > >
> > > http://beta.speedtest.net/
> > >
> > > still bleats about "Deceptive site ahead"
> > >
> > > and PS "is not accessible in Chrome" - not true.
> > >
> > > click DETAILS,  then click on
> > >
> > > visit this unsafe site.
> > >
> > > (with the pre-condition of " if you understand the risks to your
> > security"
> > >
> > >
> > > I personally dont want or need Google to start being my nanny on the
> > > internet  :/
> > >
> > >
> > > alan
> > >
> > > PS you may have other interests involved here given your affiliation to
> > > speedchecker.xyz
> > >
> >
>

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