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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Visited on my mobile this morning while commuting and no VPN and it geo located me 1000 miles away.

Visited again connected to a WiFi network and it got me right. Fun stuff

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did it track you on a second visit?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, it's got both visits recorded. Idk why my ip on mobile networks was geolocated so far away.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thats pretty common for cellular data. Your IP is based on the exit of the mobile network, not the tower you connect with, but the data center of your provider. Which could be thousand of miles away

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Today I learned! Thanks for the info :)