Re:Kansas couple who live in a ‘digital hell’ sue mapping co...
by nullthanks on Friday September 23, 2016 @12:55PM
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MaxMind does not say their IP info is good to even a city BLOCK level, much less an address. Law enforcement is using the data all wrong.
I've used max mind 5 days a week for years and have never seen this effect.
People watch too much CSI. That's not Maxminds fault.
LEO should be contacting the ISP to get warrants for the customer/ip records. The ISP should know who had what IP when. And the ISP knows where that customer lives because of reasons.
tl;dr - maxmind did nothing wrong, LEO watches too much CSI
Re:Kansas couple who live in a ‘digital hell’ sue mapping co...
by reustle on Friday September 23, 2016 @10:59PM
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What do you mean maxmind did nothing wrong? If their data isn't accurate to an address, they shouldn't be returning an address, especially to law enforcement
I've used max mind 5 days a week for years and have never seen this effect.
People watch too much CSI. That's not Maxminds fault.
LEO should be contacting the ISP to get warrants for the customer/ip records. The ISP should know who had what IP when. And the ISP knows where that customer lives because of reasons.
tl;dr - maxmind did nothing wrong, LEO watches too much CSI