As apologies go, this is a decent one. But they still say: > We would also like to notify our users that as we continue to update our systems over the next se

As apologies go, this is a decent one. But they still say: > We would also like to notify our users that as we continue to update our systems over the next several weeks, we will soon begin blocking access to our service from IP addresses associated with an embargoed country. I'm no expert, but I did spend a couple months checking alleged locations of VPN servers. I compared: 1) location alleged by the VPN provider; 2) location from various geolocation databases; and 3) ping results from several hundred servers (from various providers). Bottom line, locations alleged by VPN providers and locations from geolocation databases were generally in agreement. But for some VPN providers, such as HideMyAss, ping results demonstrated that those locations were very often implausible. Because they implied signal transmission faster than the speed of light. So anyway, basing life-altering decisions on IP-based geolocation is an extremely stupid (or at least, unjust) thing to do.