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CAPTCHAs are the main reason I turned IPv6 on. No idea if it will actually help in practice, it's hard to measure. The other Starlink hassle is the geocoding f
by NelsonMinar 2y ago
CAPTCHAs are the main reason I turned IPv6 on. No idea if it will actually help in practice, it's hard to measure.
The other Starlink hassle is the geocoding for user IPv4 addresses is wildly wrong. I'm in Grass Valley, CA near Sacramento but sites all think my IP is either in Seattle or Los Angeles, depending on the week. This makes streaming services a huge PITA, I have to jump through hoops to convince them I'm in the Sacramento TV market about once a month. IPv6 could help with this too, Starlink could give out more precisely geolocated addresses. Not sure they're doing it though, all I see are IPv4 addresses in the geocoding feed: https://geoip.starlinkisp.net/feed.csv https://geoip.starlinkisp.net/feed.csv
- esaym 2y agoI was on a cruise ship in the Caribbean for a week just last month and I purchased the starlink powered internet package. Looking at my IP data, location info showed that I was actually in Dallas, Texas. Very sad!
- azalemeth 2y agoOr, as an alternative, we try to convince people that geoIP lookups are at best uncertain and at worst actively misleading -- and perhaps shouldn't be taken at face value. I personally think this would be a great thing. For paid services that allegedly need to know where you are geographically located, use your billing address. For advertisers it's one less bit of useful information...
- NelsonMinar 2y agoI agree! Now please convince Youtube TV, Hulu, and friends. YTTV at least will prefer your phone's geolocation to the IP address, that's how I "check in" to my metro every couple of months.