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I live in the Middle East. I tried to log in to my Discord account using a browser called Puffin Browser on my iphone. It said to check my email to verify. 30 seconds later, I got an email that said an attempted login was from California, and it showed a different IP address than mine. How is this possible? It’s obvious this attempt login is me, but how can the IP address change like that? Any reasons why?
Khara
Posted 2018-06-10T04:35:15.310
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From the puffin browser FAQ
Puffin uses our servers in USA / Singapore to improve the user experience. The side effect is that the websites receive Puffin's servers IP rather than yours. Although Puffin passes your IP to websites via X-Forwarded-For, some websites don't support this standard.
Ross
Posted 2018-06-10T04:35:15.310
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5This means all traffic goes to the US then on to where it is destined - so if you are attempting to access a middle east server - the traffic goes a long way around – Ross – 2018-06-10T04:42:09.677
Usually the do it for better compression, that is, faster downloads ("user experience"). – Sulthan – 2018-06-10T17:20:35.660
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the same thing happens on Google Chrome
– phuclv – 2018-06-11T06:33:32.973