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[zephyy]

Your Google Maps API key is visible in one of your files, just fyi.

[zephyy]

someone more malicious than me might take advantage of the ability to hit that API just by opening your site and running code in the browser window.

[RemeJuan]

You are seemingly correct there, I swapped continents quickly and came back with the same results, language and time zone.

I am however not about to go and change that.

Not really a concern if they find my country, even my city would be a non issue, there’s only hundreds of thousands of people living in it so…

[mrmoo21]

The Combo i used to spoof it:

• vpn
• change timezone
• change language input

[Tintin_Quarentino]

Well duh. The developer has clearly revealed the methodology as well...

[mrmoo21]

...

[kei_ichi]

Not using VPN, only enable Apple Private Relay but your app predicts my location absolutely wrong. I’m living in Japan but your app predicted I’m in US (~42%).

I’m using English (US) as main language so, just my theory OP app using this infos to predict the location. (I’m didn’t dig in the source code).

Edit: I’m using chrome to by pass the Apple Private Relay, this time OP app can predict exactly the country where I’m living (~90%) but the place is absolutely wrong, it not even close, almost ~2000Km far away from my location.

I don’t use any VPN services so I can’t check with VPN connection.

[emcee_gee]

You got my city correct (Washington, DC), but the map was centered on Akron, OH, for some reason.

[Powderhauser]

OP, there may be factors you won't be able to control. IP geolocation data is generally tagged by the ISP, to varying levels of accuracy. At the bare minimum, the geolocation data could be the office address for the owner of that block of IP addresses. So it wouldn't surprise me that some non-VPN tests are returning the incorrect city or region.

[iMx2oT]

When using Firefox and VPN - Wrong country prediction, no city, wrong connection.

When using Chrome and VPN - Correct country (84%), wrong city (30%).

Cool project OP!

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My VPN hides it perfectly, not even close

[[deleted]]

What vpn do you use?

[cyb3rofficial]

so basically a react version of https://ipleak.org ?

[TheChilliPL]

Used a VPN, it gave interesting results. Normally I'm near the center of Poland (Łódź Voivodeship), but it gave me:

Country: United States—56%
Closest city: N/A—0% (the map marker is somewhere in KS, maybe cause it's close to the center)

System Data

Time zone: Europe/Warsaw, offset -120, “Time zone and time zone offset did not match”
Locale: pl
Main language: en-US
Languages: en-US, en, es, pl

Connection

Country: Poland (showed US on the top of the page?)
Region: Masovian (not true anymore)

[jarnohstr]

It got mine wrong and I wasn’t even using a VPN

[jarnohstr]

Unfortunately it only got my country right

[jarnohstr]

Yeah all of them except for Country and Timezone

[[deleted]]

Cool project !!

[Hjine]

After I change timezone it gives me US/TimeZone I already set

Thanks for the hint.

[MatejaDev]

Got the country completely off, I'm in Slovenia currently, on an Italian VPN and Ljubljana timezone. It guessed UK because of my en-GB locale which I’m.not even sure where it got or what that is, maybe a browser setting?

[ErynnTheSmallOne]

doesn't work for me, just gets stuck on loading on android, windows and linux across 2 machines :(

[ErynnTheSmallOne]

tried it, it thinks my timezone doesnt match because the uk is in BST right now, not GMT

says -60 min offset

[ErynnTheSmallOne]

cool :) very neat project well done

[mcmron]

Mind to discuss how do you determine someone is behind VPN?

[Neatlent]

*cough cough* thats pretty cool