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Discussion on: If You Don't Know, Now You Know - GitHub Is Restricting Access For Users From Iran And A Few Other Embargoed Countries

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Julian Garamendy

This is terrible!
Is the ban/block based on your IP address? or the location field in your profile?
or something else?

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Nathan Heffley • Edited

I think that's the worst part, apparently it isn't IP/geolocation based because there is at least one guy who lives and works in Finland that got blocked: twitter.com/Farzad_YZ/status/11546...

His GitHub says he is in Helsinki as well, github.com/farskid

And it's a ban on your account, so even if you left Iran you wouldn't be unbanned.

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Fernando B 🚀

It might be where you created your account.

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Vadorequest

It's probably the country of origin you defined where signing up. IP and nationality is very different and can't be relied on.