Hi Jon! On 2015-10-19 05:00, Jonathan Brewer wrote: > Hi All, > > I've run into a few probes marked private, and when I've found & asked the > owners, > they didn't realise they'd done anything restrictive or harmful to > researchers by > marking their probes private. > > Intrigued at this phenomena, I had a look at the probe metadata. Right now I > think > there are 1,534 Atlas probes that are active and connected to the network, but > marked private. > > What's the point of having private probes in the network? Do their hosts > still" > earn credits they can use on public probes? Should they be? Are private probe > hosts helping the project?
IIRC, we did have quite a bit on the topic of labelling probes as "private", but I would have to do some digging to find the references to that discussion.. But before chiming in ith my personal point of view, may I ask the Atlas Team to summarize what the effects of "private" are. I seem to remember that private probes *do* participate in the built-in measurements. I may be wron, though. > The FAQ says nothing about private probes, so I thought I would ask here. I think it is pretty useful to have another look at that setting. > Thanks, > > Jon Cheers, Wilfried
