XPost: sci.geo.satellite-nav, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: address@is.invalid   
      
   "wally",   
      
   > It's only about the software they used to geolocate to an address   
   > using only the IP address and _not_ by contacting the ISP to get   
   > that address.   
   ...   
   > How do they 100% geolocate an IP address alone to your unique address?   
      
   Do not believe the claims a companies sales department makes.  After all,   
   they are trying to sell a product (either the software or its results).   
      
   The answer to your question ?  By accessing the database which stores such   
   IP-to-user "translations", which an ISP is legally required to upload its   
   own log in that regard to.   
      
   And no, your "unique address" doesn't exist.  There is something called   
   "dynamic IP adresses".   But using the thanwhile IP *plus* time of access a   
   user can again be uniquely identified.   
      
   ... unless you go thru some VPN or similar server thats located outside of a   
   countries legal reach (and doesn't upload its logs).   Which ofcourse   
   /should/ make a dent in their "100%" claim. But I'm sure their sales   
   department has got some "thats outside our intended scope" excuse for that.   
      
   > The whole point of Usenet is to find people who know more than you do.   
      
   And you do not seem to have much of any problem with that.  Than again,   
   although "common sense" is said to be common, it often isn't. :-)   
      
   > And to contribute to the overall tribal knowledge value of the newsgroup.   
      
   Bullshit.  The only reason I want to talk to someone who knows more about   
   something than I do is to get my problem solved (or just learn something).   
   Any benefit others might get from my conversation with that other person is   
   purely coincidental (not that I mind if it happens though).   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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