Speed tests and their Scam Advisor trust rating

TL;DR

According to Scam Adviser, all tested speed tests have a high trust rating and are likely to be safe/legitmate.

 

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Method of measurement
  3. Speed tests to test
  4. The measurements
  5. Conclusions
 

Introduction

Safety is the end result of all security and privacy measures. It is therefore a derivative, but not unimportant, feature of any website, including online speed tests.

This is one of many tests we run to get an idea of the safety of speed tests.

 

Method of measurement

For this test we visit the homepage of the speed test and check the safety with Scam Advisor.

 

Speed tests to test

Because this is a relative simple test, all speed test used in earlier tests (the unique speed tests as collected at ZOMDir) will be tested.

Due to the subject we also test TestMyInternetSpeed. This is a crappy website which, under the guise of -we offer a speed test- only wants to obtain as many page views as possible.

 

The measurements

  1. Astound speedtest Trustscore 100/100. The trust rating is high. Might be safe
  2. Bandwidth Place Trustscore 100/100. The trust rating is high. Might be safe
  3. Bredbandskollen Trustscore 100/100. High trust rating. This site looks safe to use
  4. Broadband Speed Checker Trustscore 100/100. High trust rating. This site looks safe to use
  5. Cloudflare Trustscore 100/100. High trust rating. This site looks safe to use
  6. Comparitech Trustscore 100/100. Likely to be legit. Trust rating is high
  7. DSLReports Trustscore 100/100. This site does not seem active (error 503). We are showing data from a previous scan
  8. Fast Trustscore 100/100. The trust rating is high. Might be safe
  9. Fireprobe Trustscore 100/100. This site does not seem active (error 503). We are showing data from a previous scan
  10. Google Fiber Trustscore 100/100. This site does not seem active (error 503). We are showing data from a previous scan
  11. Internet Speed at a Glance Trustscore 100/100. The trust rating is high. Might be safe
  12. LibreSpeed Trustscore 100/100. This website seems to be unavailable (error 503). Old data is being shown
  13. M-Lab Trustscore 100/100. This site does not seem active (error 503). We are showing data from a previous scan
  14. Meter.net Trustscore 100/100. The trust rating is high. Might be safe
  15. N Perf Trustscore 95/100. High trust rating. This site looks safe to use
  16. Ookla Speedtest Trustscore 100/100. Likely to be legit. Trust rating is high
  17. Open Speed Test Trustscore 100/100. The trust rating is high. Might be safe
  18. SamKnows Trustscore 100/100. The trust rating is high. Might be safe
  19. SpeedCheck Trustscore 100/100. High trust rating. This site looks safe to use
  20. SpeedOf.me Trustscore 100/100. The trust rating is high. Might be safe
  21. SpeedOf.me API Sample Page Trustscore 100/100. The trust rating is high. Might be safe
  22. SpeedSmart Trustscore 100/100. This website seems to be unavailable (error 503). Old data is being shown
  23. Speedtest4.PHP Trustscore 100/100. The trust rating is high. Might be safe
  24. TestMyInternetSpeed Trustscore 100/100. The site does not seem available at this moment. Showing old data (error 503)
  25. TestMy.net Trustscore 100/100. High trust rating. This site looks safe to use
  26. Toast Trustscore 100/100. Likely to be legit. Trust rating is high
  27. Which Broadband Speed Test Trustscore 100/100. Likely to be legit. Trust rating is high
  28. Xfinity xFi Speed Test Trustscore 100/100. High trust rating. This site looks safe to use

Some examples

Some examples of test results are:

The Scam Adviser's verdict is that Bredbandskollen has a high trust rating and a trustscore of 100/100

Scam Adviser states that "This site does not seem active (error 503). We are showing data from a previous scan"

The Scam Adviser's verdict is that the N Perf speed test has a high trust rating and a trustscore of 95/100

 

Conclusions

According to Scam Adviser all speed tests tested have a high trust rating. This despite the fact that:

  1. Not every speed test got a trustscore of 100/100. N Perf is the only speed test with a trustscore of 95/100
  2. 7 speed tests seems to be unavailable (error 503). If so, old results were shown

According to Scam Adviser all speed tests tested have a high trust rating. The Scam Adviser verdicts for websites with a high trust rating are:

  1. Might be safe
  2. This site looks safe to use
  3. Likely to be legit