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    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    No biggie. It shows up as a Google proxy. It's also blacklisted in many places across the internet for spam. So unless it's YOU spamming, which I doubt, it's nothing more than a shared IP proxy allowing you to hide your tracks. One can either use websites to browse through, or place an IP in their browsers network settings and do so manually.
    The first post was from a cable company hot spot and this one from my cell 4G connection. Mechanically, why do you suppose it comes up as a proxy?

    Next week I will try using some Wi-fi from local restaurants and see what shows up.

    Do they still show up as Texas locations?

    I wonder if other posters use their 4G in Chrome if it will show up as a proxy.
    Last edited by tailfins; 03-03-2016 at 03:25 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tailfins View Post
    The first post was from a cable company hot spot and this one from my cell 4G connection. Mechanically, why do you suppose it comes up as a proxy?
    Same thing with this one. I honestly couldn't say for sure. But if I had to guess, sounds like the hotspot is probably all routing through the same place. And since it's a public connection, likely assigning the same IP over and over and over - that's why it's blacklisted at some places. Folks like to use such connections for their bad activities.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    Same thing with this one. I honestly couldn't say for sure. But if I had to guess, sounds like the hotspot is probably all routing through the same place. And since it's a public connection, likely assigning the same IP over and over and over - that's why it's blacklisted at some places. Folks like to use such connections for their bad activities.
    If you ever want to do hair-trigger ban Jiu Jitsu, when you're bored waiting for a plane, go to somewhere like Dumb-o-crat Underground and post something like "Clinton lied; people died - remember Benghazi". They will cut off their nose to spite their face and ban the whole airport from their site.
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