diff --git a/_backend/GeoLite2-City.mmdb b/_backend/GeoLite2-City.mmdb
index ce96b61b4d..e52c3873c8 100644
Binary files a/_backend/GeoLite2-City.mmdb and b/_backend/GeoLite2-City.mmdb differ
diff --git a/_backend/composer.json b/_backend/composer.json
index 31b5983cb8..8d96b56ae6 100644
--- a/_backend/composer.json
+++ b/_backend/composer.json
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
     "config": {
         "platform": {
             "php": "8.1"
+        },
+        "allow-plugins": {
+            "php-http/discovery": true
         }
     },
     "autoload": {
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@
         "stripe/stripe-php": "13.14.0",
         "sentry/sdk": "^3.3.0",
         "erusev/parsedown-extra": "^0.8",
-        "geoip2/geoip2": "^2.0",
+        "geoip2/geoip2": "^3.0",
         "ext-intl": ">=7",
         "ext-json": ">=7"
     },
@@ -22,4 +25,4 @@
         "league/climate": "^3.2",
         "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "3.*"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/_backend/composer.lock b/_backend/composer.lock
index a38fbf564e..30e63b907b 100644
--- a/_backend/composer.lock
+++ b/_backend/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "7c7504757f6fd4d73af78856d8045e21",
+    "content-hash": "dbf470e2e386cc18cee0c1c9fd6d00c8",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "clue/stream-filter",
@@ -74,28 +74,28 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "composer/ca-bundle",
-            "version": "1.3.5",
+            "version": "1.5.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/composer/ca-bundle.git",
-                "reference": "74780ccf8c19d6acb8d65c5f39cd72110e132bbd"
+                "reference": "0c5ccfcfea312b5c5a190a21ac5cef93f74baf99"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/composer/ca-bundle/zipball/74780ccf8c19d6acb8d65c5f39cd72110e132bbd",
-                "reference": "74780ccf8c19d6acb8d65c5f39cd72110e132bbd",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/composer/ca-bundle/zipball/0c5ccfcfea312b5c5a190a21ac5cef93f74baf99",
+                "reference": "0c5ccfcfea312b5c5a190a21ac5cef93f74baf99",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
                 "ext-openssl": "*",
                 "ext-pcre": "*",
-                "php": "^5.3.2 || ^7.0 || ^8.0"
+                "php": "^7.2 || ^8.0"
             },
             "require-dev": {
-                "phpstan/phpstan": "^0.12.55",
+                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.10",
                 "psr/log": "^1.0",
                 "symfony/phpunit-bridge": "^4.2 || ^5",
-                "symfony/process": "^2.5 || ^3.0 || ^4.0 || ^5.0 || ^6.0"
+                "symfony/process": "^4.0 || ^5.0 || ^6.0 || ^7.0"
             },
             "type": "library",
             "extra": {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
             "support": {
                 "irc": "irc://irc.freenode.org/composer",
                 "issues": "https://github.com/composer/ca-bundle/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/composer/ca-bundle/tree/1.3.5"
+                "source": "https://github.com/composer/ca-bundle/tree/1.5.0"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2023-01-11T08:27:00+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-03-15T14:00:32+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "erusev/parsedown",
@@ -251,28 +251,28 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "geoip2/geoip2",
-            "version": "v2.13.0",
+            "version": "v3.0.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
-                "url": "git@github.com:maxmind/GeoIP2-php.git",
-                "reference": "6a41d8fbd6b90052bc34dff3b4252d0f88067b23"
+                "url": "https://github.com/maxmind/GeoIP2-php.git",
+                "reference": "1a802ce9356cdd1c6b681c030fd9563750e11e6a"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/maxmind/GeoIP2-php/zipball/6a41d8fbd6b90052bc34dff3b4252d0f88067b23",
-                "reference": "6a41d8fbd6b90052bc34dff3b4252d0f88067b23",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/maxmind/GeoIP2-php/zipball/1a802ce9356cdd1c6b681c030fd9563750e11e6a",
+                "reference": "1a802ce9356cdd1c6b681c030fd9563750e11e6a",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
                 "ext-json": "*",
-                "maxmind-db/reader": "~1.8",
+                "maxmind-db/reader": "^1.11.1",
                 "maxmind/web-service-common": "~0.8",
-                "php": ">=7.2"
+                "php": ">=8.1"
             },
             "require-dev": {
                 "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "3.*",
                 "phpstan/phpstan": "*",
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^8.0 || ^9.0",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.0",
                 "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "3.*"
             },
             "type": "library",
@@ -301,7 +301,11 @@
                 "geolocation",
                 "maxmind"
             ],
-            "time": "2022-08-05T20:32:58+00:00"
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/maxmind/GeoIP2-php/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/maxmind/GeoIP2-php/tree/v3.0.0"
+            },
+            "time": "2023-12-04T17:16:34+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "guzzlehttp/promises",
@@ -621,23 +625,23 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "maxmind-db/reader",
-            "version": "v1.11.0",
+            "version": "v1.11.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
-                "url": "https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-php.git",
-                "reference": "b1f3c0699525336d09cc5161a2861268d9f2ae5b"
+                "url": "git@github.com:maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-php.git",
+                "reference": "1e66f73ffcf25e17c7a910a1317e9720a95497c7"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-php/zipball/b1f3c0699525336d09cc5161a2861268d9f2ae5b",
-                "reference": "b1f3c0699525336d09cc5161a2861268d9f2ae5b",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-php/zipball/1e66f73ffcf25e17c7a910a1317e9720a95497c7",
+                "reference": "1e66f73ffcf25e17c7a910a1317e9720a95497c7",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
                 "php": ">=7.2"
             },
             "conflict": {
-                "ext-maxminddb": "<1.10.1,>=2.0.0"
+                "ext-maxminddb": "<1.11.1,>=2.0.0"
             },
             "require-dev": {
                 "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "3.*",
@@ -678,11 +682,7 @@
                 "geolocation",
                 "maxmind"
             ],
-            "support": {
-                "issues": "https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-php/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-php/tree/v1.11.0"
-            },
-            "time": "2021-10-18T15:23:10+00:00"
+            "time": "2023-12-02T00:09:23+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "maxmind/web-service-common",
diff --git a/_backend/classify.current.php b/_backend/geolocate.download.php
similarity index 68%
rename from _backend/classify.current.php
rename to _backend/geolocate.download.php
index 42240f3137..a8c59d784e 100644
--- a/_backend/classify.current.php
+++ b/_backend/geolocate.download.php
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 
-require_once 'classify.functions.php';
-require_once 'classify.get_ip.php';
+require_once 'geolocate.functions.php';
+require_once 'geolocate.guess_ip.php';
+
+// provides $region, $timecode, $download_link
 
 $region = getDownloadRegion($ip);
 if (is_array($region)) {
diff --git a/_backend/classify.functions.php b/_backend/geolocate.functions.php
similarity index 89%
rename from _backend/classify.functions.php
rename to _backend/geolocate.functions.php
index 98cf098afe..b5494b5f7d 100644
--- a/_backend/classify.functions.php
+++ b/_backend/geolocate.functions.php
@@ -129,33 +129,6 @@ function getIPHash($hostname, $debug = false)
     }
 }
 
-function getCurrentCountry($hostname, $debug = false)
-{
-
-    try {
-        if (!class_exists('GeoIp2\Database\Reader')) {
-            throw new \Exception('Class GeoIp2\Database\Reader not found');
-        }
-        $reader = new Reader(__DIR__.'/GeoLite2-City.mmdb');
-        $record = $reader->city($hostname);
-        $country = $record->country->isoCode;
-    } catch (\Exception $e) {
-        if ($debug) {
-            echo $e->getMessage();
-        } else {
-            error_log($e->getMessage());
-        }
-        $country = false;
-    }
-
-    if ($debug) {
-        echo 'Country: "'.$country.'"'."\n";
-    }
-
-    return $country;
-}
-
-
 function getCurrentLocation($hostname, $debug = false)
 {
 
diff --git a/_backend/classify.get_ip.php b/_backend/geolocate.guess_ip.php
similarity index 100%
rename from _backend/classify.get_ip.php
rename to _backend/geolocate.guess_ip.php
diff --git a/_backend/geolocate.test.php b/_backend/geolocate.test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8311e8a74f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_backend/geolocate.test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once __DIR__.'/geolocate.functions.php';
+require_once __DIR__.'/geolocate.guess_ip.php';
+
+$region = getDownloadRegion($ip);
+$hash = getIPHash($ip);
+if (is_array($region)) {
+    $region = $region[$hash];
+}
+$currentLocation = getCurrentLocation($ip);
+
+var_dump($ip, $region, $hash, $currentLocation);
diff --git a/_backend/here-miss.php b/_backend/here-miss.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 906183ff1c..0000000000
--- a/_backend/here-miss.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-////    Here, Miss.
-// An DoNotTrack detection script that ignores settings done automatically.
-// Copyright Lewis Goddard 2014 - MIT Licensed
-//
-////    Inputs
-//
-// $respectIE = bool(false)
-// A boolean value on whether to respect later IE versions that turn on DoNotTrack by default.
-// Defaults to `false`
-//
-////    Outputs
-//
-// $iev = int(11)
-// The Internet Explorer version. An integer if Internet Explorer, `false` if not.
-//
-// $isie = bool(true)
-// A boolean value to check if this is Internet Explorer.
-//
-// $dnt = bool(false)
-// A boolean value that states whether the DoNotTrack header was set.
-//
-// $trackme = bool(true)
-// A boolean value that states whether the user allows tracking.
-
-$iev = false;
-$isie = false;
-$dnt = false;
-if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) {
-    $ua = htmlentities($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
-} else {
-    $ua = false;
-}
-if (!isset($respectIE)) {
-    $respectIE = false;
-}
-
-// 5 - 10
-$msie = strrpos($ua, 'MSIE ');
-if ($msie !== false) {
-    $iev = intval(substr($ua, ($msie + 5), strrpos($ua, '.', $msie)));
-
-// >= 11 (Majority)
-} elseif (strrpos($ua, 'Trident/') !== false) {
-    $rv = strrpos($ua, 'rv:');
-    $iev = intval(substr($ua, ($rv + 3), strrpos($ua, '.', $rv)));
-}
-
-// No detection of 0 - 4
-// Rarely used.
-
-// If is IE, mark it as so.
-if ($iev) {
-    $isie = true;
-}
-
-if (
-    // If DNT is on
-    isset($_SERVER['HTTP_DNT']) &&
-    $_SERVER['HTTP_DNT'] &&
-    (
-        // AND you are not using IE 10 or later
-        $iev < 10 ||
-        // OR we were asked to respect it
-        $respectIE
-    )
-) {
-    $dnt = true;
-}
-
-$trackme = !$dnt;
diff --git a/_backend/preload.php b/_backend/preload.php
index 79995a2489..2d7203fdbd 100644
--- a/_backend/preload.php
+++ b/_backend/preload.php
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 require __DIR__ . '/bootstrap.php';
 require_once __DIR__.'/log-echo.php';
 
-// Honor the IE do-not-track-header,
-// even though it's set automatically.
-$respectIE = true;
-// Set the DNT variables.
-require_once __DIR__.'/here-miss.php';
-
 date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
 
 $sitewide['title'] = 'elementary';
diff --git a/api/config.php b/api/config.php
index 6a90ab2d7b..75116b192e 100644
--- a/api/config.php
+++ b/api/config.php
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
  * Live-generated JSON configuration for use in client side javascript
  */
 
-require_once __DIR__.'/../_backend/classify.current.php';
+require_once __DIR__.'/../_backend/geolocate.download.php'; // provides $region, $timecode
 require_once __DIR__.'/../_backend/config.loader.php';
-require_once __DIR__.'/../_backend/here-miss.php';
 
 $output = array(
     'release' => array(
@@ -27,8 +26,7 @@
     'user' => array(
         'ip' => $ip,
         'region' => $region,
-        'timecode' => $timecode,
-        'trackme' => $trackme
+        'timecode' => $timecode
     )
 );
 
diff --git a/api/geolocate.php b/api/geolocate.php
index dbdda6f36c..d5a098d2f8 100644
--- a/api/geolocate.php
+++ b/api/geolocate.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
-require_once __DIR__.'/../_backend/classify.functions.php';
-require_once __DIR__.'/../_backend/classify.get_ip.php';
+require_once __DIR__.'/../_backend/geolocate.functions.php'; // provides getCurrentLocation()
+require_once __DIR__.'/../_backend/geolocate.guess_ip.php'; // provides $ip
 require_once __DIR__.'/../_backend/store/address.php';
 require_once __DIR__.'/../_backend/store/api.php';
 
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 5c0a4eeb3e..73d1d87031 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-require_once __DIR__.'/_backend/classify.current.php';
+require_once __DIR__.'/_backend/geolocate.download.php'; // provides $download_link
 require_once __DIR__.'/_backend/preload.php';
 require_once __DIR__.'/_backend/os-payment.php';
 
diff --git a/previous.php b/previous.php
index 43aa96d70f..4cc31702f8 100644
--- a/previous.php
+++ b/previous.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-require_once __DIR__.'/_backend/classify.current.php';
+require_once __DIR__.'/_backend/geolocate.download.php'; // provides $download_link
 require_once __DIR__.'/_backend/preload.php';
 require_once __DIR__.'/_backend/os-payment.php';