In computing, Internet geolocation is software capable of deducing the geographic position of a device connected to the Internet. For example, the device's...
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Geopositioning (redirect from Geolocation)
determination of geographic positions in general; internet geolocation, geolocating a device connected to the internet; and mobile phone tracking. Geofencing involves...
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The W3C Geolocation API is an effort by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to standardize an interface to retrieve the geographical location information...
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Dark web (redirect from Internet beneath the Internet)
Due to the high level of encryption, websites are not able to track geolocation and IP of their users, and users are not able to get this information...
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IP address blocking (category Internet security)
example, syndicating content to a specific region through the use of Internet geolocation. IP address blocking can be implemented with a hosts file (e.g.,...
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poker rooms have used geolocation in various ways over time. The first online casinos existed when few laws governed the internet (let alone online gambling)...
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IP address (redirect from Internet protocol address)
host may use geolocation to deduce the geographic position of its communicating peer. This is typically done by retrieving geolocation info about the...
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Geo-blocking (category Internet censorship)
Internet content based upon the user's geographical location. In a geo-blocking scheme, the user's location is determined using Internet geolocation techniques...
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Local search is the use of specialized Internet search engines that allow users to submit geographically constrained searches against a structured database...
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to become a LIR. Country code top-level domain Geolocation software Internet governance National Internet registry "About the NRO". Number Resource Organization...
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based in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. The company sells IP geolocation and other IP address related data under the GeoIP brand. In 2004, MaxMind...
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Find My (category Internet geolocation)
Find My is an asset tracking service made by Apple Inc. that enables users to track the location of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS devices, AirPods...
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Find My Phone (category Internet geolocation)
can find the approximate location of the phone if switched on, over the Internet, or by the phone sending e-mail or SMS text messages. This helps to locate...
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region. Country code top-level domain Internet geolocation Internet governance Local Internet registry "National Internet Registries (NIRs) | APNIC". Retrieved...
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Wi-Fi positioning system (category Internet geolocation)
Wi-Fi positioning system (WPS, WiPS or WFPS) is a geolocation system that uses the characteristics of nearby Wi‑Fi access points to discover where a device...
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HTTP(s) to check for updates, download RSS feeds and manage its Internet geolocation database. Some of the features present in qBittorrent include: Bandwidth...
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Location inference (category Internet geolocation)
Location inference is the method of identifying the location profiles of users on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook from their message...
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MAC address anonymization (category Internet geolocation)
MAC address anonymization performs a one-way function on a MAC address so that the result may be used in tracking systems for reporting and the general...
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Location obfuscation (category Internet geolocation)
Location obfuscation is a technique used in location-based services or information systems to protect the location of the users by slightly altering, substituting...
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Technology Development team and on very early versions of the Fire Eagle Internet geolocation service. After Yahoo! he worked as a consultant on OpenID and web...
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Mastercard (redirect from Mastercard Internet Gateway Service)
to various state gaming laws, sports betting providers must use Internet geolocation to determine a customer's physical location prior to accepting a...
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LOC record (category Internet geolocation)
N 0 7 39.612 W 0.00 List of DNS record types Geo (microformat) Geolocation Geolocation API ICBM address ISO 6709 "A Means for Expressing Location Information...
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Spoofing attack (redirect from Geolocation spoofing)
type of geolocation spoofing is also referred to as geo-piracy, since the user is illicitly accessing copyrighted materials via geolocation spoofing...
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Mozilla Location Service (category Internet geolocation)
Mozilla Location Service (MLS) was an open geolocation service that allowed devices to find their position by processing received signals of publicly...
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Location-based recommendation (category Internet geolocation)
Location-based recommendation is a recommender system that incorporates location information, such as that from a mobile device, into algorithms to attempt...
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Real-time geotagging (category Internet geolocation)
photographers to produce geotagged photographs. A few cameras have built-in geolocation capability. Most, apart from smartphones, do not, so many photographers...
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original films. "Where is Netflix available?". Help Center. Retrieved April 18, 2021. Netflix Originals current list on Netflix (based on geolocation)...
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LocationSmart (category Internet geolocation)
LocationSmart, originally called TechnoCom Location Platform, is a location-as-a-service (LaaS) company based in Carlsbad, California, that provides location...
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original films. "Where is Netflix available?". Help Center. Retrieved April 18, 2021. Netflix Originals current list on Netflix (based on geolocation)...
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Easyswap (category Internet geolocation)
Switzerland-based on-line local exchange trading system (LETS) platform featuring geolocation data as well as a complementary currency. Easyswap began[when?] as an...
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