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Originally Posted by Vexenu
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Seems like it would be pretty easy to track accounts that were repeatedly logged into by multiple, geographically distinct IPs over relatively short periods of time. Those accounts would be basically 100% guaranteed to be guild bots and could be suspended/banned.
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It seems like it, but it's not.
First of all, I actually used to be work (as an intern, but still) at an IP geolocation company, so I know how they do what they do. I promise, determining where an IP address is in the world is not easy, or even possible, for a broad percentage of IPs.
Second, you have to remember that VPNs change your IP, and they can change it to look like an IP address from anywhere in the world. So, if anyone uses a VPN, their IP (and its geolocation, if any) would vary every time they login to their VPN.
In other words, if they did what you propose, pretty soon most VPN users would be banned. Again, it ultimately boils down to hurting some legitimate users to prevent illegitimate sharing.
P.S. Also don't forget that, thanks to Rogean's protective networking work, some people
need VPNs just to connect to P99.