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   Message 14,447 of 14,669   
   Grant Taylor to Barry Margolin   
   Re: How does geolocation work?   
   30 Mar 20 09:33:22   
   
   From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net   
      
   On 3/30/20 7:57 AM, Barry Margolin wrote:   
   > But it's not like what you often see on TV, where they get a person's   
   > exact address from their IP.   
      
   Typically no.   
      
   Though it is possible in some situations to get service addresses for IP   
   addresses if you go through a process, usually not involving a GeoIP   
   database.  TL;DR:  Go to the ISP providing / routing the static IP with   
   a court order and get the service address from them.   
      
   TV ~> Hollywood is not known for being accurate on things.   
      
      
      
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