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Re: GeoIP database issues and the real world consequences


From: Laszlo Hanyecz <laszlo () heliacal net>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 18:23:00 +0000

Why not use the locations of their own homes? They're indirectly sending mobs to randomly chosen locations. There's enough middle men involved so they can all say they're doing nothing wrong, but wrong is being done.

-Laszlo


On 2016-04-11 17:34, Steve Mikulasik wrote:
Just so everyone is clear, Maxmind is changing their default locations.

" Now that I’ve made MaxMind aware of the consequences of the default locations it’s chosen, Mather says they’re going to 
change them. They are picking new default locations for the U.S. and Ashburn, Virginia that are in the middle of bodies of water, 
rather than people’s homes."




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