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How IP geolocation and bot detection actually work (and how to build it for free)

#ip #api #network #vpn
  1. What your public IP reveals (location, ISP, ASN) and what it can't (exact address).
  2. How IP geolocation works (registry blocks → whois/geofeed → accuracy trade-offs).
  3. How bot detection works without CAPTCHAs (webdriver, headless GL, UA mismatch, datacenter IPs, DNS blacklists).
  4. How I built it on a single Cloudflare Worker using only free sources.
  5. Live demo: https://ipintel.pw + the free API.

"Try it free → https://ipintel.pw"

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