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Two-Thirds of Tech Workers Now Use a VPN, Survey Finds (9to5mac.com)

Posted by msmash on from the how-we-live dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: According to a survey, 65% of U.S. tech sector workers now use a virtual private network (VPN) on either work devices, personal ones or both. While much of that usage will be because it's installed as standard on work devices, a growing number of people are choosing to use a VPN on their own devices in response to past and proposed legislative changes. The Wombat Security survey found that 41% of those surveyed use a VPN on their personal laptop, with 31% doing so on mobile devices.

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  1. Useless data by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This survey is useless. It includes work-issued devices (where the VPN client is installed for corporate privacy) and doesn't specify the end user's purpose for using a VPN.

  2. Re:Isn't everyone? by green1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Your answer should have been, "The very fact that you know I'm on a VPN proves why I need it". Had he not been trying to spy on your data he would never have known.

  3. Asking the wrong question? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Seems to me like the classic metrics analysis mistake of measuring the wrong thing for your desired conclusion. Using a VPN... to do what, and why? To access internal company systems while you're working remotely? To fool content geolocation restrictions? To browse the web when you want privacy? Because your Internet-savvy friend or computer repair-person told you you should?

    If we're to draw more meaningful conclusions from a survey like this, we'd need to know more about the reasons behind each responder's choice.