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Spencer Sevilla wrote:

> I could certainly see some use for IP-based geolocation going forward, less as 
> a concrete primary source and more as a cross-check on other location-based 
> tools for e.g. security purposes.

between VPNs and just incomplete data in the geoip databases, it's questionable 
how useful this is as a security source (it's not worthless, but it's not worth 
a lot) see the poor farm in Kansas that gets all the attention from geoip based 
responses where only the country is known.

David Lang