On: Show HN: A New, Clean Geolocation API

[mirimir]

    Indonesia -- 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

[deathanatos → mirimir]

I 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.j...

[mirimir → deathanatos]

Thanks :)

[mwfj → mirimir]

Those 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.

[atbentley → mwfj]

Not 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...

[mirimir → mwfj]

It'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?