Understanding How and Why University Students Use Virtual Private Networks

Autor:	Dutkowska-Zuk, Agnieszka, Hounsel, Austin, Xiong, Andre, Roberts, Molly, Stewart, Brandon, Chetty, Marshini, Feamster, Nick
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Computer Science - Human-Computer Interaction
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	We study how and why university students chose and use VPNs, and whether they are aware of the security and privacy risks that VPNs pose. To answer these questions, we conducted 32 in-person interviews and a survey with 349 respondents, all university students in the United States. We find students are mostly concerned with access to content and privacy concerns were often secondary. They made tradeoffs to achieve a particular goal, such as using a free commercial VPN that may collect their online activities to access an online service in a geographic area. Many users expected that their VPNs were collecting data about them, although they did not understand how VPNs work. We conclude with a discussion of ways to help users make choices about VPNs. Comment: Interview guide, interview summary codebook, survey questions, and additional survey figures included in the appendix document
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2002.11834 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv