[db-wg] Geolocation data prototype in the RIPE Database

On 10/07/11 12:51, Dennis Yusupoff wrote:
> 07.10.2011 16:30, Randy Bush пишет:
>> yes, i may use a block in nebraska (or moldavia), but that does not
>> mean all customers there wish their privacy exposed randy
> Actually it's VERY funny - "privacy of ip-addresses". Really LOL.

Actually you are mixing things up.

The IP address itself is of cause not private. It is a simple technicality to 
ensure that data can be delivered properly. But it does normally not tell you 
much about it's user - beside maybe which upstream provider he uses.

As soon as you start attaching a geolocation to an IP address this changes. 
And this change touches areas were privacy concerns are valid.

The geolocation - regardless if as coordinates or a postal address - are for 
the user alone to reveal on his choice.

Cheers

Hendrik

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