> You can probably get a *hint* about my location from an IP lookup. You can
> definitely not be certain my location Well, with the new draft, you can do the same, location accuracy can be tweaked to reflect city only, or city and region..etc. > it tells me the correct *country* for the IP. However, both the region and > the city are wrong. That is the whole point, why are we happy with providing incorrect information? It's even without our awareness or control. Thanks, Ammar -----Original Message----- From: sth...@nethelp.no [mailto:sth...@nethelp.no] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 2:12 PM To: ammar.sa...@auis.edu.iq Cc: ma...@isc.org; geop...@ietf.org; ipv6@ietf.org Subject: Re: [Geopriv] Adding GPS location to IPv6 header > One last point, is that your current IP address reflects your > location, I can simply do ip lookup and find out your location. Would > that be also considered as privacy breach? You can probably get a *hint* about my location from an IP lookup. You can definitely not be certain my location - since you don't know if the RIR info is correct, you don't know about any tunnels I might use, etc. For instance - if I put the address of my mail server into Geo IP Tool (one of several such services), http://www.geoiptool.com/en/?IP=195.1.209.33 it tells me the correct *country* for the IP. However, both the region and the city are wrong. How valuable is location with contry granularity? Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
