Comment by irrational 8 hours ago How exactly can a website restrict itself in a single state? 5 comments irrational Reply zerocrates 7 hours ago They're blocking IPs that look Mississippi-ish. I assume just using Maxmind or some other IP geolocation database. swiftcoder 6 hours ago Badly. Anyone whose IP has recently been geolocated in that state will be swept up in the ban (and anyone with a VPN can evade it) criley2 3 hours ago They don't actually care about the block or ban, they just want to put in enough token effort that a judge in the area will feel that it was reasonably done. It's performative for the legal system. panja 7 hours ago IP geolocation edm0nd 4 hours ago Its actually really simple but its not perfect.
zerocrates 7 hours ago They're blocking IPs that look Mississippi-ish. I assume just using Maxmind or some other IP geolocation database.
swiftcoder 6 hours ago Badly. Anyone whose IP has recently been geolocated in that state will be swept up in the ban (and anyone with a VPN can evade it) criley2 3 hours ago They don't actually care about the block or ban, they just want to put in enough token effort that a judge in the area will feel that it was reasonably done. It's performative for the legal system.
criley2 3 hours ago They don't actually care about the block or ban, they just want to put in enough token effort that a judge in the area will feel that it was reasonably done. It's performative for the legal system.
They're blocking IPs that look Mississippi-ish. I assume just using Maxmind or some other IP geolocation database.
Badly. Anyone whose IP has recently been geolocated in that state will be swept up in the ban (and anyone with a VPN can evade it)
They don't actually care about the block or ban, they just want to put in enough token effort that a judge in the area will feel that it was reasonably done. It's performative for the legal system.
IP geolocation
Its actually really simple but its not perfect.