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by chasd00 1354 days ago
i bet you whoever wrote the rfp for the website copy/pasted most of it from some other rfp that listed "prevent login from outside the US" as a requirement since that's needed to comply with some regulations for apps storing data. Even though there's no login the contractor shrugged and "prevented _access_ from outside the US". I'll bet you lunch that's exactly what happened.

edit: and i'll add that the team who put the site together is long gone and the people who maintain content (if any) have no idea what geoblocking even is. So don't bother sending them an email...