Rethinking Geolocation on the Internet
1 points by pschmitt
1 points by pschmitt
This sounds to me like they are trying to kill VPNs (or at least the ability to spoof location, which I consider an important freedom). Who exactly is this supposed to benefit?
Attestation providers, obviously.
Tha claimed benefit to the user is an outright lie: any data that currently leaks uncontrollably (including but not limited to external IP) will still be datamined. The claimed benefit to the server might also be fake in case of BrightData. But somebody gets to be an extra middle entity.
The Internet needs a new, reliable solution that restores user control over location data while still supporting the services that depend on it.
No, it doesn't. It needs to stop depending on it.