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224 points gurjeet | 4 comments | 30 Mar 21 08:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jfk13 ◴[30 Mar 21 13:02 UTC] No.26634076[source]▶
I don't know where this is pulling data from, but:

> Country United Kingdom

> Country (ISO code) GB

> In EU? true

Well, that's inaccurate for a start.

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1. kuroguro ◴[30 Mar 21 13:15 UTC] No.26634202[source]▶
> I don't know where this is pulling data from

Free version of MaxMind's GeoIP - a lot of services use them but the free version is the most inaccurate. That being said, not sure it's a mistake on the EU thing?

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2. jfk13 ◴[30 Mar 21 13:19 UTC] No.26634259[source]▶
The UK has unquestionably left the EU.
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3. kuroguro ◴[30 Mar 21 13:24 UTC] No.26634318[source]▶
Thought the underlying API may mean something else more generic, but no - just running an outdated version https://dev.maxmind.com/release-note/united-kingdom-will-no-...

The free DB has to be re-downloaded monthly IIRC.

4. PhillyG ◴[30 Mar 21 21:35 UTC] No.26640849[source]▶
Still uses GDPR though, so perhaps the label really refers to using EU data law save and they've not updated it to reflect this technicality.