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[nanashiRei <nanashi.rei AT gmail.com>]

This just implies that your ISP doesn't provide valid geo information,
good for you. It finds me pretty accurately (~10km distance).

Am 12.12.2012 20:43, schrieb opennic AT lewman.us:
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:41:47 +0100
> nanashiRei <nanashi.rei AT gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> http://html5demos.com/geo
> 
> It tells me I'm in Germany, when I'm in Iceland. Clearly it's just
> looking up the IP it sees, compares it so some crappy geoip
> database, and returns the answer to the query.
> 
> In general, we shouldn't force users to disclose their actual location
> as tied to their browser. An option, yes, but not the only option.
> 

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