Intro An account takeover (ATO) is a form of identity theft where hackers gain unauthorized access to user accounts (banking, email, social media) using stolen credentials. Attackers typically use bots for credential stuffing – testing stolen username/password pairs – to steal funds, sensitive information, or launch further attacks. Key details […]
Tax Compliance: Using IP Data to Automate Digital Goods VAT Calculation
Intro For businesses selling digital products and services, navigating European Union (EU) VAT rules can feel complicated. The EU has clear regulations on how value-added tax (VAT) applies to electronic supplies, from software and apps to online courses and subscriptions. Understanding when and how to charge VAT is essential – […]
IPv4 Address 2026 Infographics
Introduction The allocation of IPv4 addresses provides valuable insight into how the internet is structured and where digital growth is taking place worldwide. Despite the emergence of newer protocols, IPv4 continues to support a significant share of global internet connectivity. To examine current IP address usage, IPv4 allocation data from […]
Publishing and Using Geofeed Files via RDAP (RFC 9877)
We’ve previously covered what is a geofeed file as specified by RFC 8805 specification. If you are not sure what is a geofeed file, please read https://blog.ip2location.com/knowledge-base/what-is-geofeed/ first as it is related to this article. In this article, we’ll go through the basics of RFC 9877 which specify a method […]
What is atmospheric pressure?
Atmospheric pressure is the force exerted by air molecules on a surface. It is caused by the weight of the air above us and is also known as air pressure or barometric pressure. Because gravity pulls air molecules toward Earth, the air becomes denser near the Earth’s surface. As a […]
How to use IP2Location.io API in Anaconda Code
Anaconda Code is an Excel add-in that enables users to execute Python or R code directly within Excel. It allows you to create custom Python functions for use in Excel workbooks. In addition, its package management support makes it easy to add or remove packages, significantly extending Excel’s capabilities. With […]
Secure Your Accounts with Passkey Authentication
Introduction The password is dead. We just haven’t stopped mourning the body. For decades, we’ve been told to create complex, unique strings of characters, only to have them leaked in massive data breaches, phished by clever scams, or simply forgotten on a Tuesday morning. The strong password, once seen as […]
Check a list of IP addresses for proxies using IP2Proxy Dart
Intro Dart is a client-optimized, object-oriented programming language developed by Google for building fast apps on multiple platforms, including mobile, desktop, web, and server-side applications. It is best known as the language behind Flutter, Google’s UI toolkit for creating cross-platform applications. Dart features C-style syntax, modern capabilities like null safety […]
Getting Started with IP2Location.io in Rust: IP Geolocation Made Simple
Modern applications often need to know where their users are coming from. Whether it’s personalizing content, detecting suspicious logins, analyzing traffic, or blocking unwanted access, IP geolocation data has become an essential building block in web and security applications. Recently, IP2Location.io released a new Rust SDK designed to help Rust […]
Using IP2Location Dart in console project
Intro Dart is a client-optimized, object-oriented programming language developed by Google for building fast apps on multiple platforms, including mobile, desktop, web, and server-side applications. It is best known as the language behind Flutter, Google’s UI toolkit for creating cross-platform applications. Dart features C-style syntax, modern capabilities like null safety […]