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They already know (lemmy.zip)
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[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Well theres more addresses so is the location more precise?

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 20 hours ago

I doubt, in the end it can maybe say "yeah you are definetly in that specific region/province in that country" but nothing more, i think it may be a little more precise than IPv4 because they will not assign you the IP that someone already has unlike IPv4

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

That wouldn't do that. That's not how any of this works.

That's so not his it works that I'm worried about explaining it to you.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Uh okay lol. Like I said, I don't know much about ipv6, which is why I'm asking questions. I'm not a networking person... lots of experience with MGRS and geospatial systems though. More digits = more precision in that world. I suppose there could be an equal number of regions that ipv6 ranges map to, just more addresses per region, so same precision as ipv4?

Anyway, you particularly should not explain it if you're worried, thanks.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

And assuming they work the same is insane. Geospatial systems map geographic position in space.

Of course more digits means more precise location in space!

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

K

"I wonder if..." isn't exactly an assumption lol

I'm looking it up and found this

IPv6 Geolocation: IPv6, each device can have a unique IP address, allowing for more precise geolocation. This is a significant leap from IPv4, where multiple devices might share a single IP, leading to less accurate location data.

https://www.abstractapi.com/guides/ip-geolocation/understanding-ipv6-geolocation

Also found another source that claims ipv6 geolocation is not yet as precise as ipv4 in practice.

Like IPv4, IPv6 does have geolocation data, although it has yet to be as precise as IPv4 geolocation

https://ip-geolocation.whoisxmlapi.com/blog/how-does-ipv6-compare-with-ipv4-geolocation