The Use of VPNs Is Spreading in New Zealand's Universities

Written by tim-colman | Published 2020/08/23
Tech Story Tags: vpn | vpn-service | vpn-and-privacy | education-technology | technology | technology-in-education | future | data-privacy

TLDR VPN usage in New Zealand universities has almost doubled since the beginning of 2020. The main function of a VPN is to assign you a different IP address than the one you normally have. This gives you the possibility to make the web believe that you are physically located in another country and that in essence, you are someone else. With a VPN you can access your work network remotely, without the need to be directly on site. The main use is to store data in the cloud. This is essential at a time when distance education is growing exponentially worldwide.via the TL;DR App

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Written by tim-colman | Amateur Developer and a Part-time Social Media Influencer
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/08/23