I would imagine that having probe apps on mobile devices would be very impractical in terms of battery usage, unreliable connections, the device itself not being on/connected 24/7, etc.

In addition, I believe it would not be possible on iOS. You can't really have an app like this running full-time in the background. Only certain categories of apps are allowed to do this (e.g. GPS turn-by-turn navigation and audio players), and I can't imagine anything like an Atlas Probe will make it through App Review.

On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, Colin Johnston <colinj@mx5.org.uk> wrote:

iphone virtual app probe would be great as well :)

Sent from my iPhone

On 29 Dec 2015, at 19:49, Gil Bahat <gil@magisto.com> wrote:

We also support the idea of expanding the network. If it's done in a modular fashion, users can pick their desired veracity levels to the task at hand. we'd like to see more information on mobile data as network uses shift a lot to mobile and (for various reasons) it's very hard to get current probes on such networks and ultimately having an ATLAS-like app might be the only realistic way to go about it.

integration into open source platforms such as openwrt or the turris omnia would also be most welcome.

Regards,

Gil Bahat,

DevOps and Network Engineer,

Magisto Ltd.

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Wilfried Woeber <woeber@cc.univie.ac.at> wrote:

Dear Atlas Community!

On 2015-12-21 12:02, Vesna Manojlovic wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> Some of you have asked about Virtual Probes on this list.

Indeed :-)

> Although we don't plan to make virtual probes available in 2016,
> we do plan to investigate this idea and develop some prototypes.

Fair enough.

> Please find more details on RIPE Labs:

I'll try to put my thoughts into some well-structured words, over there.
I hope to succeed, but no premature promises yet...

> https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/exploring-the-idea-of-ripe-atlas-virtual-probes
>
> Kind regards,
> Vesna Manojlovic
> RIPE NCC

All the best for (2015)++
Wilfried