Meta confirms it is blocking EU-based users from accessing Threads via VPN - eviltoast
  • UnPassive@social.fossware.space
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    1 year ago

    How are they doing this though? They just black list any traffic coming from all VPNs they know about?

    What if someone in the US were to use a VPN?

    Or are they getting location data from the phone itself?

    • BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Meta has exposure to enough of the internet that I’m sure they can identify VPNs relatively accurately. If you see activity coming from a single IP associated with users that you know to be located all over the world, you can draw conclusions pretty fast.

    • Boddhisatva@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      It’s an app. Maybe it requires GPS access so they can track that data point. VPN says USA, GPS says Germany, they block access.