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|    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.                            --       Grant. . . .       unix || die              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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