VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits

Re:VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits by bloppe on Saturday December 13, 2025 @04:50PM (#46258472)

That's great for you. But some people need to pick a specific country. People in different countries often get different prices for things like airline tickets or online subscriptions. Maybe you need to appear from a particular country to access certain media.

I mostly use it to avoid exposing my IP address too, but if I knew my VPN was comfortable with a little light fraud, I'd be concerned about what else they're comfortable with.

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Re:VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits by Deathmax on Saturday December 13, 2025 @05:14PM (#46258681)

NordVPN calls out when a location is virtual, so unless ipinfo is claiming they have virtual locations that are not labelled as such, they are at least transparent about it. They did document the physical server locations of their virtual locations at launch, but I'm not sure if there's a live doc for new locations. https://nordvpn.com/blog/new-nordvpn-virtual-servers/

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Re:VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits by eek2121 on Saturday December 13, 2025 @05:14PM (#46258689)

All the ones I use pick one for you, it is up for you to change it, and you play a fat rate per month or year regardless of what you pick.

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