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TL;DR: I made a vox app for Windows 8.1+. Download it here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/store/apps/voxie/9nblggh1rh2h


I've posted this all here > (http://blog.roguecode.co.za/vox-telecom) to have images inline, otherwise, links below.

We recently switched from Afrihost “Business” Uncapped to Vox Telecom capped so that we could do cool things like actually load websites and stuff. However monitoring cap from their website is quite a pain
So I made a Windows Universal app in a few evenings. It’s been in the store for a couple weeks now and it seems to be working well for people, so I’m posting here.

The phone build has a few quirks, but I’ll sort those out soon.
Features:

  • Runs on Windows 8.1/10 and Windows Phone 8.1/10.
  • Once you log into the app on one device, it will sync to your other devices and login to the app automatically.
  • Supports 2 Factor Authentication (accounts with a One-Time Pin).
  • Has a “Data Burndown” section which gives you basic info about how fast you are using your data, and whether you will have enough for the month. I still need to add a graph and usage history to this.
  • If you leave the app open, the data will refresh itself in the background every 2 minutes.
  • Free, no ads etc.

It’s not in yet, but I’ll be adding live-tiles so you don’t need to even open the app to view stuff.

Download: https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/store/apps/voxie/9nblggh1rh2h

The normal interface. Tap any of the accounts to view more details:
http://gfycat.com/LongEmptyBuffalo

The Data Burndown screen:
http://gfycat.com/DelightfulOnlyCrab

And of course, phone:
http://gfycat.com/RevolvingDimwittedErmine

Let me know if you have anything you’d like added, or find any bugs.
This app is not endorsed by Vox, and is not “official”.
 
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/downloads

:D

thanks - will check it out

Edit:

Of course, this is rather obvious, but you need to be trusting enough to enter your username and password (which I'm not sure I am :o ). Since you've made it available for free, any chance that you'd be happy to submit your source code to Vox for vetting and therefore ensuring that security is not being breached (harvesting, etc).

Sorry to be so cynical, but ja, the world is tough place nowadays.
 
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roguemat said:
TL;DR: I made a vox app for Windows 8.1+. Download it here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/store/apps/voxie/9nblggh1rh2h


I've posted this all here > (http://blog.roguecode.co.za/vox-telecom) to have images inline, otherwise, links below.

We recently switched from Afrihost “Business” Uncapped to Vox Telecom capped so that we could do cool things like actually load websites and stuff. However monitoring cap from their website is quite a pain
So I made a Windows Universal app in a few evenings. It’s been in the store for a couple weeks now and it seems to be working well for people, so I’m posting here.

The phone build has a few quirks, but I’ll sort those out soon.
Features:

  • Runs on Windows 8.1/10 and Windows Phone 8.1/10.
  • Once you log into the app on one device, it will sync to your other devices and login to the app automatically.
  • Supports 2 Factor Authentication (accounts with a One-Time Pin).
  • Has a “Data Burndown” section which gives you basic info about how fast you are using your data, and whether you will have enough for the month. I still need to add a graph and usage history to this.
  • If you leave the app open, the data will refresh itself in the background every 2 minutes.

It’s not in yet, but I’ll be adding live-tiles so you don’t need to even open the app to view stuff.

Download: https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/store/apps/voxie/9nblggh1rh2h

The normal interface. Tap any of the accounts to view more details:
http://gfycat.com/LongEmptyBuffalo

The Data Burndown screen:
http://gfycat.com/DelightfulOnlyCrab

And of course, phone:
http://gfycat.com/RevolvingDimwittedErmine

Let me know if you have anything you’d like added, or find any bugs.
This app is not endorsed by Vox, and is not “official”.
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@cvanwie - check this out - looks interesting
 
AfricanTech said:
/downloads

:D

thanks - will check it out

Edit:

Of course, this is rather obvious, but you need to be trusting enough to enter your username and password (which I'm not sure I am :o ). Since you've made it available for free, any chance that you'd be happy to submit your source code to Vox for vetting and therefore ensuring that security is not being breached (harvesting, etc).

Sorry to be so cynical, but ja, the world is tough place nowadays.
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The thing about that is that even if they did OK some source (which they would never agree to), technically I could just add dodgy stuff in an update.
The best way to tell that I am not doing anything dodgy is by hooking the app through a proxy like Fiddler. You can then monitor every send/receive I do.

This is what I wrote about privacy at the bottom of the site post:
A note on privacy: This app sends/receives data from exactly two endpoints. The first is, of course, the Vox website. The second is an Application Insights instance on Azure, which is used to log crashes and uses. When the app is used or crashes it sends some info about what happened – none of that data personally identifies you, and absolutely none of your info is ever transferred. This is very standard in almost every app, and helps improve it by being able to see what broke.


As a side note, I wrote a semi-related article "OAuth, app permissions, and a false sense of security": http://www.windowscentral.com/oauth-app-permissions-and-false-sense-security
It is generally a good idea to not trust random apps with your details without looking more into them.
Except my apps, of course, you can totally trust me :)
 
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roguemat said:
The thing about that is that even if they did OK some source (which they would never agree to), technically I could just add dodgy stuff in an update.
The best way to tell that I am not doing anything dodgy is by hooking the app through a proxy like Fiddler. You can then monitor every send/receive I do.

This is what I wrote about privacy at the bottom of the site post:
A note on privacy: This app sends/receives data from exactly two endpoints. The first is, of course, the Vox website. The second is an Application Insights instance on Azure, which is used to log crashes and uses. When the app is used or crashes it sends some info about what happened – none of that data personally identifies you, and absolutely none of your info is ever transferred. This is very standard in almost every app, and helps improve it by being able to see what broke.


As a side note, I wrote a semi-related article "OAuth, app permissions, and a false sense of security": http://www.windowscentral.com/oauth-app-permissions-and-false-sense-security
It is generally a good idea to not trust random apps with your details without looking more into them.
Except my apps, of course, you can totally trust me :)
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:D

Thanks mate

Love that bit in bold :D

Edit:

Roight - just had a look at your blog, and the fact that you are a redhead with a serious beard makes you completely trustworthy :D
 
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Kelerei said:
Pass. I will not trust third party code with my authentication details unless the entire code base is publicly available under a FSF-endorsed license.
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Fair enough :)
FWIW, if someone were planning of trying to steal stuff, it wouldn't be a few ADSL accounts. There are so many better targets.
 
Will give it a gander a little later this week.
Always nice to see new apps coming from @roguemat :)
 
Looks like you guys are only making bandwidth monitoring apps these days :p
Awesome app as always.
 
Like the app. One feature I would like to see is the ability to hide some accounts that I do not want showing as part of my burn-down or have the ability to group accounts.
 
SA_DUDE said:
Like the app. One feature I would like to see is the ability to hide some accounts that I do not want showing as part of my burn-down or have the ability to group accounts.
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How about selecting the accounts you want to compare by right click to set selected, then clicking Data Burndown? And if you select nothing it will use all accounts like usual?
 
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