@Saccc_c: Saw an interesting post on L站 about completely blocking CC Chinese users: "You can do triangulation by testing the network latency from the current machine to the US, Japan, and Southeast Asia, etc. This way, unless you run Claude directly on a US VPS, any disguise methods will be completely useless — after all, the speed of light cannot be faked." Indeed, if the test shows...
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Discusses the technical method of triangulation by testing network latency to identify and block Chinese users from using AI services (like Claude).
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I saw an interesting post on L站 about how to completely block Chinese users from accessing cc:
“You can triangulate location by testing network latency between the current machine and nodes in the US, Japan, Southeast Asia, etc. In that case, unless you run Claude directly on a US VPS, any disguise method will be useless, because the speed of light cannot be disguised.”
Indeed, if the machine shows low latency to Asian nodes and high latency to US nodes, doesn’t that mean everyone is caught? 🤔 https://t.co/BjhjhTQkBd
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