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1. vel0ci+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-01-28 20:31:01
> "why is this user who logs in from Vermont, USA suddenly in Hungary?"

Maybe because the new login is from a hacker. Maybe because your geoip database provider is unreliable. Either one is likely. There's no sure way to go from an IP address to a location.

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2. fire+nd[view] [source] 2022-01-28 21:42:22
>>vel0ci+(OP)
Right; I covered that explicitly further down in the post.

I wish I had made it more clear in my original post that Impossible Traveler checks are not a magic bullet, as most are assuming that this would be used all on its own for whether to bar access.

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