LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agoUtah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checkswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square217linkfedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down13
arrow-up196arrow-down1external-linkUtah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs — law goes into effect, designed to prevent bypassing age checkswww.tomshardware.comLuminousLuddite@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square217linkfedilink
minus-squarebaronvonj@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoIt’s actually quite trivial to detect most VPN providers. There’s publicly available IP lists https://ipinfo.io/tools/vpn-providers-detected
minus-squarelimonfiesta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoMany VPN providers regularly rotate their IP ranges. Regardless, that wouldn’t reveal to a website where the traffic was originating from.
It’s actually quite trivial to detect most VPN providers. There’s publicly available IP lists
https://ipinfo.io/tools/vpn-providers-detected
Many VPN providers regularly rotate their IP ranges.
Regardless, that wouldn’t reveal to a website where the traffic was originating from.