NSA Spying and Anti-Piracy Laws Boost Demand for VPNs

[Ethnod]

 

 

A survey has revealed that NSA spying revelations and anti-piracy laws are the most-cited reasons among new VPN users when they sign up for an account. The findings are published by IVPN, who further note that after the PRISM revelations the company witnessed a 56% increase in sign-ups. IVPN is not the only provider to have spotted this trend, other companies have also noticed a similar surge in subscribers recently.

 

Not sure how this qualifies as news, more pointing out the bleeding obvious But seriously, that is a good thing. I also hope that it has an overall effect of making transparency something people start demanding from the courts and their state and federal organisations as the current situation is only driving people underground

 

 

Source:

http://torrentfreak.com/nsa-spying-and-anti-piracy-laws-boost-demand-for-vpns-130824

[EChondo]

Not surprised.

[Ethnod]

I wonder if this will improve services, security and price of the VPN's out there

[LAwLz]

If only people realized that buying a VPN service makes next to no difference. All you do is make it so that the company who owns the VPN will spy on you, instead of your ISP.

If someone really wants your info, then they could just contact the VPN provider and get the info from them. It has happened before, and it will happen again.