Comment by altitudinous

6 years ago

IP address inspection has been getting a large amount of attention recently. It is considered a privacy violation, yet it is required to determine location, so devs know which privacy laws apply.

GDPR only applies in Europe, and CCPA only applies in California. How is one meant to determine which set of laws applies inside a piece of software without being able to determine location?

A waste of time (don't bother) answer is : Just apply maximum privacy everywhere and you won't have to worry about it... The response is always going to be - Many free tools you use are funded by advertising etc and advertising depends on being able to know where someone is, at least to the country level. Cutting off location and therefore revenue is not going to give people the software they want.

Other facts that usually matter - only 1-2% of people want to pay for private software. Everyone else wants the free option. Source : my apps.