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Re: GeoIP database issues and the real world consequences

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeremy McDermond)
Wed Apr 13 17:27:20 2016

X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Jeremy McDermond <mcdermj@xenotropic.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160411170214.GF26501@sizone.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:10:23 -0700
To: Ken Chase <math@sizone.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org


> On Apr 11, 2016, at 10:02 AM, Ken Chase <math@sizone.org> wrote:
>=20
> Cant believe law enforcement is using this kind of info to execute =
searches.
> Wouldnt that undermine the credibility of any evidence brought up in =
trials
> for any geoip locates?

What overworked and underpaid public defender is going to know enough to =
challenge the =E2=80=9Cevidence?=E2=80=9D  What judge is going to know =
enough to call BS on the search warrant affidavit?  A good number of the =
judges in Oregon used to work for one of the DA=E2=80=99s offices, you =
think they question law enforcement affidavits very aggressively?

> /kc
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Jeremy McDermond (NH6Z)
Xenotropic Systems
mcdermj@xenotropic.com




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