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Wouldn't disabling location essentially block the app from getting the IP address?

• yuppie_scum 5y ago
  No. A web server (or firewall or orchestrator overlay network or whatever) absolutely knows what IP address is connecting to it. It has to send data back to it. Pretty basic TCP/IP stack stuff. Now you could use a VPN but that would just resolve as the VPN’s IP address.
  • greenyoda 5y ago
    For more detail, here's the layout of an IP (v4) packet, which shows that it contains the source and destination IP addresses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4#Header https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4#Header (IP is the communication protocol layer below TCP, which is below HTTP.)
  • Mountain_Skies 5y ago
    I went to tiktok one day and was confused why there were suddenly so many videos featuring Canadians. Then I realized I was connected to a VPN with an exit node in Toronto. At least I got a better understanding of how tiktok customizes content.