Used a VPN to my home while in Mexico. Returned a week ago and all my devices (including those that have never been in Mexico) now show they're in Mexico. Google's IP correction form says it can take a month to fix.

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[–] [S] 26 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I believe Google specifically does this to discourage VPN use. It screws up their primary reason for existing: advertising revenue.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    So this is just Google punishing you?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

    Do you believe a multinational company's business polices are targeting you specifically each time you have a problem?

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Not always, but sounds like in this case it seems plausible

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 5 months ago

    Others report the same issue including someone commenting in this posting. From what I can tell Google is targeting private VPN servers on residential IPs.

    I've used a different private VPN running on a commercial cloud server when traveling internationally. Google has never fucked with the location of that IP.

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