No. That’s how someone with pervasive access to Internet infrastructure could tell when I’m on a VPN. It’s impossible for a given website to tell that I’m accessing it over a VPN. Not difficult: impossible. It cannot be done.

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ijk 10 hours ago | parent [-]

So the individual website has to subscribe to the surveillance operator's IP location verification service, or be fined.

	▲	kstrauser 9 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Basically. Party of small government, my ass. Edit: actually, not even then. In my home VPN scenario, the IP is a legitimate residential connection.
	▲	zeafoamrun 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		This is exactly it. Compliance is a big business. When your company's lawyers tell you you've gotta do something then you do it. Half my team is wasting time on this bullshit and big money is getting paid to those who make the lists.