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Question: What’s the motivation to put coordinates in one’s own WHOIS record? (geoloc/geofeed)
by cstuder 3y ago
Question: What’s the motivation to put coordinates in one’s own WHOIS record? (geoloc/geofeed)
- incolumitas 3y agoMany service providers actually want their clients to be able to locate them.
- noizejoy 3y agoI’m duplicating my comment elsewhere in this thread, so each serves as a direct reply to the different geolocation providers in this thread, in the hope that it will be recognized as a problem with data that implies that it’s more precise than it really is: > On one hand, I love that there’s some good alternatives in the geolocation space, but misleading geolocation precision can lead to very undesirable side effects[0]. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/09/maxmind-mapping-lawsuit-kansas-farm-ip-address https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/09/maxmind-m...
- dontdoxxme 3y agogeofeed is used by big CDNs, it can actually help save money for the provider by meaning a CDN uses a more optimal network location.