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IP is not used for user geolocation (or at least it shouldn't be) because it can be spoofed, e.g. via VPN connections.
by rchaud 4y ago
IP is not used for user geolocation (or at least it shouldn't be) because it can be spoofed, e.g. via VPN connections.
- minimaxir 4y agoFor analytics purposes, indeed IP isn't used for that reason (although nowadays IP is sparsely used at all in analytics due to legal PII risks), but for responses to a "what's nearby?", it'll generally be relevant despite the possibility of VPNs.
- fourseventy 4y agoIP addresses are used for that all the time...