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[sevenlayermuddle]

If the legislators actually believe than an IP address identifies an individual then that belief itself is cause for alarm, as it is so wrong. 

An IP address does not identify a person any more than, say, their postcode.    Yet the postcode for a given street address is no secret, and pre-loaded into millions of sat navs.   Perfectly legal, as long as individual names at the address/postcode are not stored.   

[sevenlayermuddle]

[Alex Atkin UK]

Google thinks I'm in Stafford from my IP address.  Then again, as I'm load balanced across two different ISPs I have no idea which one its basing this on.

[jelv]

[sevenlayermuddle]

I'm getting more and more fascinated by the Great Yarmouth location.

Google's guess for me in recent weeks has been very accurate indeed, usually naming a tiny hamlet of a village about a half mile to the east.   I've also seen it put me in Rochdale, a place I have never been, but that's attributable to the fact it is home of my ISP.

But Yarmouth is very consistent right now.  Same result for all our devices, so definitely based on IP address.

Trouble is, the sun's just begun to break through the drizzle here, and that has got me yearning to actually be in Great Yarmouth, where Mum & Dad sometimes took us family holidays.    Fish & chips (served open of course) for lunch whilst strolling the pier, play the penny machines til all my pocket money's spent, then  a nice afternoon stroll by the sea.  So much better than the various chores that real life has lined up for me today.   

[Alex Atkin UK]

Is this with WiFi on or off?  What devices?

[sevenlayermuddle]

[g3uiss]

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[aesmith]

I tested my Andrews and Arnold IP address on various services, and none of them even locate me in Scotland.  Check just now gave Rickmansworth, Loughton and London depending on which database was used.   When I checked a while ago, and I can't remember the service, it put me down at an actual street address of an Indian takeaway in Warrington.

As a side effect, it gives me pleasure when things like Avast pop up a map from the other side of the country as "evidence" that I can be tracked.

[sevenlayermuddle]

[burakkucat]

Interestingly Google Maps, when called up without a location specified, now show me as in Brandon Country Park, somewhat north of my home town.

[sevenlayermuddle]

[Chrysalis]

These auto geolocate services annoy me, e.g. if i search in google it thinks I am on the other side of the country, and google are so confident that system works they dont allow an override to be configured for location.

[gannite]

Thanks to everyone.