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by LorenDB 392 days ago
I can't wait until somebody invents a solution to prevent geolocation via IP. It's a pointless "feature" that has big privacy implications, and if you really need location or region information, we have much better tools for that.
2 comments

it's called "VPN"
Not really possible with how internet routing works, routing tends to correspond with the layout of physical infrastructure.

Plus, your IP will always have at least a sovereign state due to the ASN associated.