L4sBotMB to [email protected]English • 2 years agoThreads usage drops as Meta blocks VPN access in EUarstechnica.commessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1278arrow-down17file-text
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Threads usage drops as Meta blocks VPN access in EU::Move comes as Meta tries to avoid violating privacy laws.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoDoesn’t a VPN give you a different IP address?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoYes, but those IPs are fairly simple to identify for a company the size of Meta.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoyes but those address are assigned to countries so a vpn can give a US device a Swedish ip address
Doesn’t a VPN give you a different IP address?
Yes, but those IPs are fairly simple to identify for a company the size of Meta.
yes but those address are assigned to countries so a vpn can give a US device a Swedish ip address