# Security tab shows me a different location due to Cloudflare

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-tab-shows-me-a-different-location-due-to-cloudflare/104410>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [December 16, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-tab-shows-me-a-different-location-due-to-cloudflare/104410 "2018-12-16T12:03:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![fhe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fhe/32/113345_2.png) [@fhe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fhe)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/security-tab-shows-me-a-different-location-due-to-cloudflare/104410/4 "2018-12-16T12:20:45Z")

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I don’t know if Cloudflare is affecting the lookup. Discourse is using MaxMind, so you can try for yourself by entering your IP address at

> **[GeoIP web services demo | MaxMind](https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip-web-services-demo)**
>
> Demo MaxMind’s GeoIP web services by entering up to 25 IP addresses. Instantly
> access IP geolocation and IP intelligence data.

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