4 ms·
I think the issue is that with the rise of VPNs, you're now looking at >1% of users being from a mislabelled country.
by codefined 9y ago
I think the issue is that with the rise of VPNs, you're now looking at >1% of users being from a mislabelled country.
- mirimir 9y agoIt's more than that, for some countries.
- qwerty456127 9y agoUsually right because people from these countries are trying to evade location-based discrimination and privacy infringement
- mirimir 9y agoIndonesia -- 47% Thailand -- 39% Brazil -- 36% Turkey -- 36% UAE -- 36% Viet Nam -- 35% Saudi Arabia -- 34% India -- 32% Malaysia -- 32% ... UK -- 14% US -- 14% https://wi-images.condecdn.net/image/3K6WrWwGrKN/crop/810 https://wi-images.condecdn.net/image/3K6WrWwGrKN/crop/810
- deathanatos 9y agoI can not for the life of me read anything in the linked image. Here is a better version of it: http://cdni.wired.co.uk/1920x1280/g_j/infopornhorizontal_1.jpg http://cdni.wired.co.uk/1920x1280/g_j/infopornhorizontal_1.j...
- mirimir 9y agoThanks :)
- johansch 9y agoThose are clearly wildly incorrect numbers. I doubt if even 4.7% (a tenth of your figure) of internet users in Indonesia know what a VPN is.
- mirimir 9y agoIt's pretty clear that VPN usage has increased dramatically in recent years. And at least I cited something. I could point to other surveys with comparable results. What's your evidence that it's so much lower?
- atbentley 9y agoNot knowing what a VPN doesn't exclude you from using one. Many workplaces use VPNs and it's likely that public internet access points (such as libraries, lounges, restaurants and cafes) could be using VPNs too. Wikipedia says that Indonesia has an internet penetration rate of 50%. It might be reasonable to assume that a low penetration rate means that a significant amount of the internet access is happening in a work place rather than in a residential place. If a significant amount of access is happening at a work place it might also be reasonable to assume that a lot of that access is happening over a VPN. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_Internet_users https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of...