Comment on Youtube can detect VPNs now... the fuck?
rami@ani.social 2 days agoI imagine they could compile large datasets of ping times and server locations and do some extrapolation. I don’t think it ever goes past a best guess but they’d have an idea (if what this person said actually happens).
lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Companies dont really need to know where you are. They just need to know where you aren’t. If you are not within a certain threshold of response time to certain cdn servers, then its reasonable to assme that you are to be outside their contractually obligated broadcast region.