When a website or service can't verify your IP address correctly, it may default to Kansas as the location since it could not find the actual location.
Geolocation services use databases that link IP addresses to physical locations. It may use a generic default location if the service can't map a particular IP address to a specific location — perhaps because it's new, uncommon, or not yet registered in the database. Kansas is centrally located, so it often defaults to that location.
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