Re:How does BBC iPlayer know I'm not in UK despite logging i...
by quantumofalpha on Sunday April 11, 2021 @01:28PM
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> What is the return-time between a ping (or similar) from the BBC to you and back? If it's over a certain number of microseconds, you're 'no longer in Kansas, Toto'.
High latency can be legitimately expected over mobile or satellite connections, it's not a strong signal of a non-local user by itself. UK has real shitty broadband in most places in comparison to 4G/5G, I'd expect a pretty large share of mobile users there.
You could also be using an app like youtube-dl or streamlink to record the stream from a nearby VPS with low latency.
High latency can be legitimately expected over mobile or satellite connections, it's not a strong signal of a non-local user by itself. UK has real shitty broadband in most places in comparison to 4G/5G, I'd expect a pretty large share of mobile users there.
You could also be using an app like youtube-dl or streamlink to record the stream from a nearby VPS with low latency.