Speed tests trusted by WOT

TL;DR

According to Web of Trust (WOT) all serious speed tests are trusted. The only crappy website that was deliberately added to the list of websites to be tested has, in our opinion, been rightly classified as a suspicious website by Web of Trust.

 

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 Web of Trust (WOT).

 

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 Trusted by WOT. Website security score 51%
  2. Bandwidth Place Trusted by WOT. Website security score 86%
  3. Bredbandskollen Trusted by WOT. Website security score 89%
  4. Broadband Speed Checker Trusted by WOT. Website security score 85%
  5. Cloudflare Trusted by WOT. Website security score 87%
  6. Comparitech Trusted by WOT. Website security score 68%
  7. DSLReports Trusted by WOT. Website security score 89%
  8. Fast Trusted by WOT. Website security score 89%
  9. Fireprobe Trusted by WOT. Website security score N/A
  10. Google Fiber Trusted by WOT. Website security score N/A
  11. Internet Speed at a Glance Trusted by WOT. Website security score N/A
  12. LibreSpeed Trusted by WOT. Website security score N/A
  13. M-Lab Trusted by WOT. Website security score 89%
  14. Meter.net Trusted by WOT. Website security score 53%
  15. N Perf Trusted by WOT. Website security score 57%
  16. Ookla Speedtest Trusted by WOT. Website security score 89%
  17. Open Speed Test Trusted by WOT. Website security score 54%
  18. SamKnows Trusted by WOT. Website security score 87%
  19. SpeedCheck Trusted by WOT. Website security score 68%
  20. SpeedOf.me Trusted by WOT. Website security score 89%
  21. SpeedOf.me API Sample Page Trusted by WOT. Website security score 89%
  22. SpeedSmart Trusted by WOT. Website security score N/A
  23. Speedtest4.PHP Trusted by WOT. Website security score 43%
  24. TestMyInternetSpeed Suspicious website. Website security score N/A
  25. TestMy.net Trusted by WOT. Website security score 86%
  26. Toast Trusted by WOT. Website security score 77%
  27. Which Broadband Speed Test Trusted by WOT. Website security score 87%
  28. Xfinity xFi Speed Test Trusted by WOT. Website security score 56%

Some examples

Some examples of test results are:

The Fast speed test is trusted by WOT, the website security score is 89%

The Speedtest4.PHP speedtest is hosted at https://isp.haydont.net/. This website is trusted by WOT, the website security score is 43%

TestMyInternetSpeed is marked as a suspicious website by WOT, the website security score is N/A

 

Conclusions

There are:

  1. 27 speed tests that are trusted by WOT
  2. TestMyInternetSpeed is the only "speed test" which is marked as a suspicious website
  3. 6 speed tests don't have a website security score
  4. 22 speed tests do have a website security score
  5. The website security score ranges from 43 to 89 percent
  6. The average website security score is 76%
  7. The median website security score is 86%
  8. The standard deviation of the website security score is 16%

According to Web of Trust (WOT) all serious speed tests are trusted. The only crappy website that was deliberately added to the list of websites to be tested has, in our opinion, been rightly classified as a suspicious website by Web of Trust.