Safe Geo-location Defaults

Fri Oct 22 02:46:40 UTC 2021

It appears that Lukas Tribus <lukas at ltri.eu> said:
>Yes... point your default coordinates to a safe location, please!
>
>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/10/lawsuit-how-a-quiet-kansas-home-wound-up-with-600-million-ip-addresses-and-a-world-of-trouble/
>
>https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/08/kansas-couple-sues-ip-mapping-firm-for-turning-their-life-into-a-digital-hell/

After reading the stories about people who were sure their stolen device was at the default location, and then Maxmind
moving the default into the middle of a nearby lake, I was tempted to set up a stand next to the lake renting glass bottom
boats and snorkel gear.

R's,
John