• 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    Services can differentiate between data centers and residential IP addresses. If your IP is from an ASN owned by digitalocean, it’s very likely they are using a proxy or a VPN.

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      1 day ago

      Sure but, if it’s between setting up a bunch of laptops for people to proxy through or whatever, or running a VPN server from your home they can use instead, that would be the same IP.