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Re:Proof of location for online polls by jagged-chisel on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @06:02PM (#42705115)
My state lottery app doesn’t let you play outside the state. It detects screen sharing and VPN configuration and refuses to run if it sees these things.

Depending on the importance of the poll, one could definitely apply these other requirements.

Re:Proof of location for online polls by frotty on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @06:34PM (#42718794)
well yeah, that's against the point of "anonymity" ... you are feeding the app all the data it needs to fence you in.

By this logic every government gives a uniquely IDable device to its citizenry for engaging polls.

Besides ... if it was "important enough" to break, getting around geofencing etc. is a trivial/already solved part of this.