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Re: GeoIP database issues and the real world consequences
From: Wayne Bouchard <web () typo org>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 23:42:32 -0700
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 06:15:08PM -0000, John Levine wrote:
The problem with MaxMind (and other geoip databases I've seen that do Lat/Long as well as Country / State / Town) is that the data doesn't include uncertainty, so it returns "38.0/-97.0" rather than "somewhere in a 3000 mile radius circle centered on 38.0/-97.0". Someone should show them RFC 1876 as an example of better practice.Oh, heck, you know better than that. You can put in all the flags and warnings you want, but if it returns an address, nitwits will show up at the address with guns. Bodies of water probably are the least bad alternative. I wonder if they're going to hydrolocate all of the unknown addresses, or only the ones where they get publically shamed.
I personal favor setting the generic location as a certain set of roundish holes in the ground up in the northern plains. Let the government raid itself for once. --- Wayne Bouchard web () typo org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/
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