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Old Apr 14, 2014, 7:49 pm
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Originally Posted by txflyer77
Using a VPN is not the same as spoofing an IP address, it just hides yours.
I understand that too - my point was that if in 5 minutes a common person can figure out how to hide their location on the Internet completely from existing internet systems how hard can it be for trained professionals to fool UA systems if they really want to do it?

This is my background and education - it's not as hard as you may think....
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