I’ve seen social networks being able to track my device’s location “through my IP address,” and other websites’ privacy policy stating that they collect data such as IP address to determine your location.
How does it work?
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A little more clarification as this will undoubtedly become a bit more confusing as you think about it more. The location is returning to you is the location of your ISP. If you are in a smaller suburban town a few miles out of the city, the website will still think you’re in that city because that’s where your ISP is.
When you commit a crime online and the police track your ip, they look up the ISP that IP is leased to and get a warrant to get the customer address of that IP address from your ISP and come for you. That is the only way to get a real, physical address from an IP.
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