I, for one, with my regular internet user hat on, am strongly against any form of geolocation and consider it an invasion of my privacy. I don't want any random guy on the internet to simply pinpoint the town I'm living in.
Is there an opt-out from this? Users will demand that there is for sure. Just my $0.02 Agoston On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 7:24 PM Carlos Friaças via db-wg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > A small comment inline: > > > On Thu, 4 Aug 2022, denis walker via db-wg wrote: > > (...) > > So in what ways is "geofeed:" going to make it easy for network > > operators to coordinate some activity? One of the ways network > > operators have talked about how they want/need to use "geofeed:" data > > is to provide content based on location of an IP address. > > Yes. Although *some* geolocation providers INSIST that their location > assessment is better than the owner's network. They do this by ignoring > messages or form data sent by owners. > > Keeping the attribute in the RIPE database may show ANYONE what is the > location the owner says it is the correct location. And hopefully that > should be the mandatory source for this information. > > > > If a content providing network operator wishes to offer this content > > to anyone in a specific location, that can be seen as a coordination > > activity. The content provider can coordinate with other network > > operators to establish that their customers are within this location > > so they can access this content. If this interpretation is accepted by > > the community then the context has changed. The legal team can now > > reassess their advice in the context that the use of the "geofeed:" > > data is now covered by the existing database purposes. > > Yes, please :-) > > Cheers, > Carlos > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change > your subscription options, please visit: > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/db-wg >
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