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In March, why was Virginia the highest state in the U.S. for searches for VPN, with a score higher than Washington, California and New York, per the article?
by notfried 3y ago
In March, why was Virginia the highest state in the U.S. for searches for VPN, with a score higher than Washington, California and New York, per the article?
- boc 3y agoGovernment employees and contractors
- m463 3y agospies doing remote work
- kibwen 3y agoCIA operatives in Langley inflating the numbers, clearly.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> CIA operatives in Langley inflating the numbers, clearly This was my first thought, too. But these aren't data for VPN usage. Just searches. Why would Langley have a bunch of people Googling VPNs in March?
- yftsui 3y agoMy hypothesis: people who are already using VPN egress traffic in IAD (which has the largest AWS region), thus the results based on IP address is skewed by people who actually live in other countries or maybe even continents.
- anonymouscaller 3y agoWouldn't int'l users choose the location closest to them? If you're in China for instance you're probably going to be using SIN or TPE. Besides, most VPN providers avoid Amazon and use colo providers that give much better deals on bandwidth.
- kibwen 3y agoI appear not to have made my sarcasm obvious enough. :P I was amused by the thought of CIA agents being told that they need a VPN installed and so downloading the first result on Google.
- Juicyy 3y agolmao too realistic /s
- asdff 3y agoYou got to see if there are any new vpn companies you haven't backdoored yet every now and then
- paxys 3y ago"How do I get this damn VPN to work"
- scooter7364 3y ago[flagged]