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ChatGPT knows my IP geolocation

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Re: ChatGPT knows my IP geolocation

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This is mostly just basic IP geolocation. I work for Ipregistry (ipregistry.co), and this kind of lookup is something we provide: country, region, city, ASN, hosting provider, VPN usage and similar signals. Any service that sees your IP can request that information in a single query.

ChatGPT receives your IP when you connect. The model itself does not know your location, but the system around it can add location context before the model answers. Many products do this because it helps with weather, time zone handling or local recommendations.

Accuracy depends on your network setup. VPNs, mobile networks and corporate proxies can make the location drift quite a bit, but at a general level it is often good enough to shape responses.

The more important part is transparency. Inferring location from an IP is normal, but it should be clear to users when that information is being used.

Re: ChatGPT knows my IP geolocation

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just like the Rust homepage. I was on Windows and wanted an offline installer for Linux. It's impossible.

The Rust install page says this when I load it up on iOS: > It looks like you’re running macOS, Linux, or another Unix-like OS. To download Rustup and install Rust, run the following in your terminal, then follow the on-screen instructions. See "Other Installation Methods" if you are on Windows. “Other Installation Methods” links to https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods... which has offline ins…

Thank you for the help.

I was on a corporate network where the Windows client has script execution disabled and the Linux server had no internet.

I just hate that website design. People who install Rust are clever enough to know whether they need Windows or Linux version. Just give me a download page with all links :(

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