[kwlug-disc] Problems in Paradise

[Remi Gauvin]

On 2025-05-12 10:46 a.m., William Park via kwlug-disc wrote:
> Side question:
> 
> How do they know it's VPN?  The whole point of "public VPN" is to appear
> as though you're from where you come out, no?
> 
> Although, my previous use of VPN is doing the opposite, that is, to go
> into local company LAN.
> 

I expect the traffic comes form the same limited pool of network exit
points.

If you're a merchant selling digital services and get a whole bunch of
Credit Card Chargebacks and probably Police Investigations from the same
set of IP addresses, you probably figure them out very quickly.