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No, this is likely done with machine learning trained on real vs fraudulent user data. So they are going to be watching for much more subtle features than just being in a different region. Tons of people travel all of the world. Less people manually resent their MAC addresses or use datacenter ISPs.



i think the parent was using "demographic" to mean "people using computers currently tracked by google", not a regional population.




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