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Don’t use IP geolocation to lock out users
- bdfh42 18y agoAs someone who lives and works in more than one country I can only underline the points being made in this article. I am an Anglophone but I can cope in French but when I am in France I do not want a website I am using to restrict what it offers me (content, products etc.) based on my current location. I can see that using IP location might be an effective tool for offering a default language and (perhaps) selection of content. This would OK if it was always backed up by a clear and simple option for changing that default.