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Downloaded visa re-entry application, LastPass then said I was in Saudi Arabia !!

  • 10-08-2016 08:00PM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭


    This could be innocent but certainly more than a coincidence !

    NEVER had Lastpass misidentify my country of origin on my home network ( whether it was a wired UPC connection, or now wired Vodafone network )
    There were times I used the work VPN, which was routed through the UK and I whitelisted the UK, but that was it.

    I was just asked to download the Irish "visa re-entry application form" and print out a couple of copies for my sister-in-law. So I downloaded the Word docx from http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/Re-entry+visas and printed a couple of copies off.

    It wasn't printing, probably due to issues I had before attaching my printer to my NAS box, using it as a printer server.
    So I went to login to Lastpass via my browser plugin, so I could then login to my NAS admin page, but it warned that my request was coming from Saudi Arabia and was geoblocked !
    I asked Google for my external WAN IP address and done a WHOIS by IP address and it said Vodafone Ireland.
    However I didn't record the full IP address, but know it started with 51.xxx.xxx.xxx

    I ended up rebooting my Vodafone router, and it gave me a 109.76.xxx.xxx address, which WhoIs by IP address also said was Vodafone Ireland.

    But certainly suspicious.
    If anyone is paranoid or curious, might be worth a try and see.

    Any vodafone users here who have a 51.xxx.xxx.xxx WAN IP address ?

    cheers,
    CD


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    Ignore last post, I've removed the tin foil hat !

    Vodafone bought new IP addresses which were previously located in Saudi Arabia, but LastPass had old locations somehow.

    regards,
    CD


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭BoB_BoT


    With IPv4 address running out, anyone that has large amounts of them unused are selling them at a nice profit.


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