In the article it mentioned "portions" of the internet. So I have to assume every one polled figured it would not be the part of the internet they are on but the part they(the bad guys)are on. If there was such a thing.
Like someone else mentioned. The consequences for such a thing are so much larger than what they are trying to stop.
One thing people should be aware of is that almost no VPS hosting solution is secure.
The worst offender is Parallels/Virtuozzo(which I think godaddy uses).
On the linux side. A root user on the host node can simply run the command
vzctl enter 1111
and enter your vps without a password. To make things even scarier, when an admin enters your container this way. It doesnt leave a bash history file. You have a very small chance of ever knowing they entered the container at all.
Even if they dont want to enter your container. They still have full access to all of your files which are located in in the /vz folder on the host node.
Other vps solutions are slightly more secure. But it seems like %50 of the vps hosting industry is using virttozzo and most of them probably have no issue entering your container with or with out your permission.
Like someone else mentioned. The consequences for such a thing are so much larger than what they are trying to stop.