Wrong IP Location

[SamadiPour]

Describe the bug
After noticing that my IP is listed as "US", I wondered if there might be an issue with the provider that maps IP addresses to locations. I checked the code and found out that you retrieve the country using the /usr/sbin/system_profiler SPAirPortDataType command. I did some research and asked ChatGPT, and although I couldn't find any documentation to support this, I believe the country in the response does not correspond to the IP address; instead, it relates to the broadcast country code of the Wi-Fi.
Here is an example discussion related to this parameter: https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/174670.

Details:

• Device: Macbook Pro M1
• macOS: 15.1.1
• Application version: 2.11.16

Also related to #2183

[exelban]

so, what do you propose?

[SamadiPour]

I don't have a solution for your self-hosted API, but you can use a free API that doesn't require an API key.

For Example:

• https://freeipapi.com
• https://ip-api.com

Every service I know has a rate limit, but since you are sending the request from the user's device, it shouldn't matter.

[exelban]

Since there is no better solution than the native one, it looks like nothing could be changed. Ping me if someone has a better solution than the existing one.