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georgiecasey ◴[] No.26634211[source]
Looks great but these services have a tendency to come and go. Bad actors just end up hammering it. But I've been using icanhazip.com for years and it's still going strong.
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Frost1x ◴[] No.26635701[source]
I tend not to use these sort of services except for quick hack purposes, which I suppose this is exactly designed for. Unfortunately, those needs vary so widely I can't try to keep track of these sort of services and just Google/DDG for something similar when I need it. Unless this pops up on the first page of a Google/DDG search, it's unlikely I'll ever use it.

If the software behind the service is available and looks like it'll be easily usable for years because it has few to no dependancies that are likely to deprecated, I might actually commit the effort to memory and use it for all similar demands, similar to how I keep track of specific CLI *nix tools which I can rest assured, even if there are no updates and potential security issues, most are going to be usable at some future date in a pinch.

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EnigmaCurry ◴[] No.26636007[source]
DDG will straight up tell you what your ip/geo location is, just search "ip address"
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1. nbk_2000 ◴[] No.26639442[source]
Searching "ip" is enough on DDG. And for Google "my ip" works.