Country detectors

han614698

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han614698 wrote:
support, although this may conflict with confidentiality rules.
I would like the block to be
country of ()::sensing reporter //You enter the username in the blank.
I think this offers a little more wiggle room.
You could have the project give a warning:
This project can detect your username and/or country. Sign out to hide your location or identity.
That limits things;
if <[country] = []> then//sorry i cant put a block in there correctly.
stop [all v]
end
This may or may not go along with this suggestion, but I would love to see a block:
signed in?::sensing boolean
The easy workaround for your block if we only have the top one:
country of ((username))::sensing reporter//(Outlined for easier viewing) 
Sorry this was long.
Regards

Bump

Last edited by han614698 (April 12, 2021 11:13:47)

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46009361

Foruminasnew2scratch wrote:
no support, this could be used to region lock Scratch.

You mean region-lock a project? This wouldn't/couldn't work for studios/profiles/etc.

Last edited by 46009361 (April 12, 2021 14:30:28)

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What if someone did something like this:

when green flag clicked
if <(country :: sensing) = [United States]> then 
broadcast [start project v]
else
say [Only people from the US view this project.]
end

ScratchCat1038

scratchieguy12345678 wrote:

What if someone did something like this:

when green flag clicked
if <(country :: sensing) = [United States]> then 
broadcast [start project v]
else
say [Only people from the US view this project.]
end

Well, someone could change their location on their profile to the US, then play the project, and then change it back to their real country.

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han614698

scratchieguy12345678 wrote:

What if someone did something like this:

when green flag clicked
if <(country :: sensing) = [United States]> then 
broadcast [start project v]
else
say [Only people from the US view this project.]
end

I don't see why people keep bringing up things like this in honestly any thread - you can already cause this with the username block, cloud variables, etc. It's not a valid concern.

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fdreerf wrote:
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I don't see what this block could do that the language block can't.

I have my language set as English but live in germany.

Semi support, changed my mind.
Honestly, bullying can already be done, and it will affect a similar range of people like this:
{L = Language ; C = Country}

when gf clicked
if <(language::extension translate) = [L]> then //some people don't have their language at L when they are from C
say [Haha, you are soooo bad !!! xDDD]
end

if <(country::sensing) = [C]> then //some people have "Antartica" and not C
say [You are a @?!$ lol xDDDD]
end

It doesn't have much uses, but the language block neither, so I think it's just good to have.

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MentalBox

No support. You could segregate users with

if <Country = [Russia v]> then
stop [all v]
end

Last edited by MentalBox (Aug. 5, 2021 19:32:15)

Maximouse

MentalBox wrote:
No support. You could segregate users with
if <Country = [Russia v]> then
stop [all v]
end

You can already do something similar based on the user's language:

if <(language :: pen) = [Russian]> then
...

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ScolderCreations

Support, this could possibly be used for statistic projects, but I only support if you use the location that's set on the users API profile.

AlfabetonsOfficial

No support, people can discriminate and bully you for it. Also, it could invade privacy.

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wvj

Does it count as a social action reporter block? If yes then it's rejected

Maximouse

wvj wrote:
Does it count as a social action reporter block? If yes then it's rejected

I don't think this is very similar to a social action reporter.

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-HatKidTheVibeKid-

What about

(Scratch Profile Location::sensing)

Same as what you suggested, but it doesn't track you and only uses the country that you entered in your Scratch profile. If you're not signed in, it will be set as “Location Not Given”

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Support but rename it to location (not a current location like on the users page location) this could be used for online.

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MentalBox wrote:
No support. You could segregate users with
if <Country = [Russia v]> then
stop [all v]
end

then just sign in with a different username with a different country or change your country

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actionthecoder

han614698 wrote:
King of the Page
han614698 wrote:
support, although this may conflict with confidentiality rules.
I would like the block to be
country of ()::sensing reporter //You enter the username in the blank.
I think this offers a little more wiggle room.
You could have the project give a warning:
This project can detect your username and/or country. Sign out to hide your location or identity.
That limits things;
if <[country] = []> then//sorry i cant put a block in there correctly.
stop [all v]
end
This may or may not go along with this suggestion, but I would love to see a block:
signed in?::sensing boolean
The easy workaround for your block if we only have the top one:
country of ((username))::sensing reporter//(Outlined for easier viewing) 
Sorry this was long.
Regards
Bump

A signed in block is useless. You can just do this :

if <(username) = [ ]> then
say [......] for (2) secs
end

Incase you don't know a signed in script exists.

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selfexplanatory

MentalBox wrote:
No support. You could segregate users with
if <Country = [Russia v]> then
stop [all v]
end

Then log in to another account with a different language that isn’t one of the banned ones or change your language

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han614698

actionthecoder wrote:
A signed in block is useless. You can just do this :
if <(username) = [ ]> then
say [......] for (2) secs
end
Incase you don't know a signed in script exists.

I do, but that post was made a long while ago.

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19f8361 wrote:
Austinato wrote:
19f8361 wrote:
support, but how about 2 blocks:
(country uses [acutal location v]::sensing) //works if you accept location, reports using your acutal location.
As for this one, would this use IP addresses?
how about this:
(country uses [IP address v]::sensing) //uses IP address to determine the location. sometimes, it reports incorrect locations.

set [foo v] to (country uses [IP address v]::sensing)
broadcast [broadcast v]
set [☁  v] to (var)

The broadcast would encode it

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Codingfairy07

No support. you can invade privacy and bully:

if <(country) = [examplecountry]> then
say [HAHAHAHAHA! People from examplecountry don't deserve to be on scratch! HAHAHAHAHA!]
else
broadcast [rickroll v]
end

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