Faced with the almost impossible task of physically restricting
people’s activities online, during recent years authorities and
copyright holders have moved to have legislation tightened up, and
encourage citizens towards a path of “doing the right thing” through the
fear of more and more serious consequences.
In Sweden, the results of intense lobbying are clear. Due to a combination of fat Internet pipes and its status as the spiritual home of The Pirate Bay, Sweden and file-sharing go hand in hand. Because of this, the result is that the counter is being looked at with more and more online surveillance.
But according to new research from the Cybernorms research group at Sweden’s Lund University, an increasing proportion of the country’s population are taking measures to negate the effects of spying on their online activities. The study reveals that 700,000 Swedes now make themselves anonymous online with paid VPN services such as The Pirate Bay’s iPredator. A similar study was done in 2009 and revealed that over 500,000 Swedes were already subscribing to VPN services. Of particular interest is the response to surveillance by the younger generation. According to Cybernorms, 200,000 individuals between the age of 15 to 25-years-old are now hiding themselves online. This figure represents 15% of the total group, up from 10% in 2009. What do you think about how strict the laws for online privacy is becoming?
In Sweden, the results of intense lobbying are clear. Due to a combination of fat Internet pipes and its status as the spiritual home of The Pirate Bay, Sweden and file-sharing go hand in hand. Because of this, the result is that the counter is being looked at with more and more online surveillance.
But according to new research from the Cybernorms research group at Sweden’s Lund University, an increasing proportion of the country’s population are taking measures to negate the effects of spying on their online activities. The study reveals that 700,000 Swedes now make themselves anonymous online with paid VPN services such as The Pirate Bay’s iPredator. A similar study was done in 2009 and revealed that over 500,000 Swedes were already subscribing to VPN services. Of particular interest is the response to surveillance by the younger generation. According to Cybernorms, 200,000 individuals between the age of 15 to 25-years-old are now hiding themselves online. This figure represents 15% of the total group, up from 10% in 2009. What do you think about how strict the laws for online privacy is becoming?
I used to use a free vpn until i realized that if you want privacy you need to pay for it.
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