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    Protecting Online Privacy While Traveling

    I am a little late on my comment and I understand the dislike for larger VPN providers. You are correct and that there is lower cost providers that offer quality services. Where I will disagree is that the article was giving advice to travelers and most people that are traveling can afford a...
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    What is the top reason you use a VPN?

    I find the provider varies based on what you are attempting to do. In my experience, larger providers tend to get blocked more.
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    Tips and Best Practices for Staying Safe on Social Media

    A very good point and I think you see a lot of people doing this. If online safety doesn’t improve then I wonder what happens in the future with sites like Facebook where users family updates and other personal information.
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    IPSearch.io January Update

    We have had a busy month behind the scenes at IPSearch.io. The focus this month was backend updates to improve the experience of our users and reduce cost. We made the following updates this month: Created API endpoint error tracking Applied additional validation to inputs to prevent invalid...
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    Identifying Verizon 5g Home Internet

    This update will be visible on our website.
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    Register for free and get no ads for the next month

    That's right, we are turning off the ads for all registered users for the next month. Register for free to take advantage of this!
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    Some valid IPs shown as invalid

    Fixed! I have been working on filtering invalid IP address had a miss with the code. Let me know if you come across any other examples.
  8. IPSearch.io December Update

    IPSearch.io December Update

    It's been a busy month at IPSeach.io and we are super happy about the progress. The last half of the 2014 was a little slow as I worked through my last semester of college (university for those of you in Europe). Now that I have graduated you can expect more frequent updates and for articles...
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    IPSearch.io December Update

    It's been a busy month at IPSeach.io and we are super happy about the progress. The last half of the 2014 was a little slow as I worked through my last semester of college (university for those of you in Europe). Now that I have graduated you can expect more frequent updates and for articles to...
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    New privacy laws taking effect

    Happy New Years, now get ready for these privacy laws now taking effect. Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (January 1, 2025) Iowa Consumer Data Protection Act (January 1, 2025) Nebraska Data Privacy Act (January 1, 2025) New Hampshire Privacy Act (January 1, 2025) New Jersey Privacy Law...
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    Supporter/VIP Membership

    I generally agree. A couple of things I want to figure out first: What additional information can be returned for premium users that would also add value (VPN, proxy, tor, etc)? Of course ad-free would be involved with this How can I enable site owners to purchase a premium service that also...
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    How we use MaxMind

    IPSearch.io leverages MaxMind's web service to retrieve IP geolocation data. After evaluating approximately a dozen providers and testing seven in detail, we found MaxMind to offer the most consistent and accurate results. If you notice that IP geolocation data turned regarding your location is...
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    Resolved Missing info in IP search

    I have updated the code again and added some new fields.
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    Resolved Missing info in IP search

    I have began testing a new provider
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    Resolved Missing info in IP search

    Their last message was on 12/12 and they said they had the request and it was in their backlog. I gave them until early January before I switch providers. I have already started work on the backend to use a different API.
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