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> IP restrictions are easy to overcome using mobile networks. Only if the connection is over IPv4. The mobile networks were among the first major adopters of
by tjohns 4y ago
> IP restrictions are easy to overcome using mobile networks.
Only if the connection is over IPv4.
The mobile networks were among the first major adopters of IPv6, and most now give each device a unique IPv6 address.
- abhibeckert 4y agoMy mobile device (iPhone) relays most traffic through the nearest Akamai datacenter. So they don't get my IP address. And that datacenter has a massive number of IP addresses, which are rotated.
- denkmoon 4y agoOut of interest how do you know it's being relayed through an Akamai DC? I assume you're talking about private relay which I also use, but I thought cloudflare was the 2nd hop for that?
- lathiat 4y agoThey're using multiple providers including Fastly, Akamai and Cloudflare: https://www.streamingmediablog.com/2021/06/apple-private-relay.html https://www.streamingmediablog.com/2021/06/apple-private-rel...
- sjtgraham 4y agoThis is only HTTP and not HTTPS traffic, which most www traffic is these days.
- dclusin 4y agoreddits api is ip4 only