LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agoUtah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checkswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square120linkfedilinkarrow-up1664arrow-down111
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minus-squarekingthrillgore@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·29 days agoYou can still request Geolocation and if the computer has a prior record w/o IP, you can get a location up the chain.
minus-squareParagone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·29 days agoGeolocation sometimes mis-locates some netblocks. I’ve seen complaints by people who can’t get any website to respect their proper location ( or often language ) because of GeoIP that was haywired for their IP address-block. _ /\ _
You can still request Geolocation and if the computer has a prior record w/o IP, you can get a location up the chain.
Geolocation sometimes mis-locates some netblocks.
I’ve seen complaints by people who can’t get any website to respect their proper location ( or often language ) because of GeoIP that was haywired for their IP address-block.
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