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My first thought was "is this legal?", but then had a hard time considering even which jurisdiction this (or using a "fraudulent" IP location) would fall under?
by 4ndrewl 11mo ago
My first thought was "is this legal?", but then had a hard time considering even which jurisdiction this (or using a "fraudulent" IP location) would fall under?
- cedilla 11mo agoIn Germany it could be computer fraud, which criminalises entering incorrect data into a computer system for financial gain. I don't know if "watching a different set of shows on Netflix" would qualify.
- reincoder 11mo agoI work for IPinfo. Creating adverserial geofeeds is not illegal — it's just frowned upon at best. We treat geofeeds as self-reported location data, and we do not assume they are trustworthy. This is exactly why, unlike much of the industry, we maintain a large team across engineering, data engineering, data science, and research, along with a substantial data-processing infrastructure and 1,200+ servers. Our entire purpose is to verify location data rather than simply aggregate, parse, and repeat whatever is self-reported. Otherwise, it’s just GIGO. Even though we came up short in this particular case, we are actively pushing updates right now that eliminate these issues going forward.