Re: GeoIP database issues and the real world consequences

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

> On Apr 11, 2016, at 15:23 , Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net> wrote:
>
> > > Oh, heck, you know better than that.  You can put in all the flags and warnings you want, but if it returns an 
> > > address, nitwits will show up at the address with guns.
>
> * owen () delong com (Owen DeLong) [Tue 12 Apr 2016, 00:02 CEST]:
> > I hear this argument about various things over and over and over again.
> >
> > However, my home address has been published in multiple whois databases since I moved here in 1993.
> >
> > Not once has a nitwit with a gun shown up on my doorstep as a result.
>
> I think you miss the point.  Your geocoordinates were not mistakenly associated with nigh infinite amounts of 
> internet abuse.  This thread has (mostly) been about wrong information being published, not information being 
> published at all.

I didn’t miss the point, but the specific statement quoted is patently false in both cases (the article itself admits 
that the vast majority of such “victim” households contacted had not suffered any ill effects).

Owen