> Why do they need to know all of this about me? The reason for data is endless. It is a trillion dollar industry! But IP geolocation isn't something to be wor

> Why do they need to know all of this about me? The reason for data is endless. It is a trillion dollar industry! But IP geolocation isn't something to be worried about. Every and each popular website you visit probably has that information about you. Handful of websites do this on the frontend but the rest of them do it on the backend. I have no idea how they use your IP geolocation, but it is mainly used for security and sales intelligence. Let's say someone is taking advantage of their free tier. They could be churning accounts as they hit limits. So as a protection a website can find common attributes from each account's IP address say, city/post code or ASN or ISP name. A malicious actor can always open a new email address and sign up, but changing their IP address, their location takes a bit more effort.