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The C̶a̶k̶e̶ User Location is a Lie!!! (austingil.com)
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[–] Deebster@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Good article, apart from talking so much about choosing a language for the user and ignoring the Accept-Language header, which exists solely for this reason.

Most websites seem to ignore this header and just show you whatever their geo-ip says.