Safe Geo-location Defaults
Has anyone published "safe" geo-location defaults? By safe I mean default lat/lon coordinates for a country, state/province, city, postal code which do not resolve near a residence. It seems like too many people use "Find My <device>" or other geo-location services, and then go to the exact location shown on the mapping service for the default lat/lon which is often a default location. Knock on the person which happens to live near the default centroid, and acuse them of stealing their <device> because "Find My <device>" showed that location.
On Thu, 21 Oct 2021 at 15:59, Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote:
Has anyone published "safe" geo-location defaults? By safe I mean default lat/lon coordinates for a country, state/province, city, postal code which do not resolve near a residence.
It seems like too many people use "Find My <device>" or other geo-location services, and then go to the exact location shown on the mapping service for the default lat/lon which is often a default location. Knock on the person which happens to live near the default centroid, and acuse them of stealing their <device> because "Find My <device>" showed that location.
Yes... point your default coordinates to a safe location, please! https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/10/lawsuit-how-a-... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/08/kansas-couple-sues-ip-mapping-fi... Lukas
It appears that Lukas Tribus <lukas@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-...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/08/kansas-couple-sues-ip-mapping-fi...
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
I'd agree with that wholly. I've had a drunk couple show up at my place years back insisting I had her phone. Once the guy tried to push through the door he got the business end of good ole Louie and a cute little breaking and entering sentence at a vacation destination known as lockup 🤪 With enough said if this was a business location or courthouse it may have saved them a little gas and time getting there, and myself not having to wake up so damn late. -- J. Hellenthal The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.
On Oct 21, 2021, at 09:02, Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote:
Has anyone published "safe" geo-location defaults? By safe I mean default lat/lon coordinates for a country, state/province, city, postal code which do not resolve near a residence.
It seems like too many people use "Find My <device>" or other geo-location services, and then go to the exact location shown on the mapping service for the default lat/lon which is often a default location. Knock on the person which happens to live near the default centroid, and acuse them of stealing their <device> because "Find My <device>" showed that location.
On 10/21/21 06:59, Sean Donelan wrote:
Has anyone published "safe" geo-location defaults? By safe I mean default lat/lon coordinates for a country, state/province, city, postal code which do not resolve near a residence.
It seems like too many people use "Find My <device>" or other geo-location services, and then go to the exact location shown on the mapping service for the default lat/lon which is often a default location. Knock on the person which happens to live near the default centroid, and acuse them of stealing their <device> because "Find My <device>" showed that location.
Indeed. For a mild example: https://splinternews.com/how-an-internet-mapping-glitch-turned-a-random-kans... -- Jay Hennigan - jay@west.net Network Engineering - CCIE #7880 503 897-8550 - WB6RDV
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