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Why city-level geoip?
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Why city-level geoip?

This week, and in the past, I've noticed LET requests for very city-specific IPs. I'm curious... what's the use of such a fine-grained geoip? (aside from cc fraud)

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  • Awmusic12635Awmusic12635 Member, Host Rep

    Some services are restricted to certain cities

  • jarjar Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    They could tell you but...then they'd have to kill you.

  • Have you guys come across any such city-restricted services as an example?

  • My case: 1. proxies for location sensitive services

    @Zen said:
    Fraud, fraud, and uhm, fraud?

    But off the top of my head..

    1. proxies for location sensitive services
    2. i have no idea
  • https://www.aereo.com/

    ^ This is one example of a company that uses city as criteria for using the site -- I am sure there are other examples, for instance, like the entire state of Nevada, or maybe it's only Clark County or Las Vegas, where online gambling would online be legal if your in a certain state/county/city.

    Thanked by 1tchen
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