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How do you block people using a VPN by region? Just block the whole VPN?
Since it's Facebook, probably by account
Big companies like Facebook can just block IPs coming from the VPNs, it's not feasible for someone smaller but they could 100% do it
@Kinga @radarsat1 That’s weird because I only access Facebook with my VPN on via browser and it doesn’t break it. I would think all of MetaZuck’s stuff would be VPN blocked, but it’s not.
They collect all kinds of data, and it's tied to users Instagram account. There are tons of data that could indicate given users geographical location without IP (gps, phone service provider, credit card uses, user profile, etc.)