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#Nostr and IP adresses. How close can you get to someones exact geo location?

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Derek Ross 1y ago

Depends on what the ISP has configured for their netblock or if the user is using a VPN or not. Best case scenario is their city/town. The user can most likely just bounce their modem and get a new IP though. Most users don't have static IPs from their ISP.

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Derek Ross 1y ago

The new IP would still have the same city location but the user could get some privacy back temporarily.

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Unhosted 1y ago

Thanks, Derek!🤙

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Linux Walt 1y ago

The IP address my ISP gives sometimes points to my exact city and sometimes to cities over 50 miles away.