Re: Can IP address identify the computer's location?

From: Shane (shane_at_weasel.is-a-geek.net)
Date: 09/29/05 

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:10:03 +1200

On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 08:22:00 -0700, strutsng wrote:

> I have heard IP address can identify the computer's location. How? If
> someone knows the IP address in my house's machine, then they know where I
> live?
>
> This is very unsafe. How to prevent the privacy threat?
>
> Please advise. thanks!!

Didnt the NSA just patent a way to determine location of the computer
based on echos? 

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