On Tuesday 01 March 2011 06:12:05 Matthew wrote: > In Gmail, one can go to the bottom of the inbox, select details, and see > account activity such as IPs that are logged in and IPs that were recently > logged in. Gmail often - but not always - attempts to connect the IP to a > location like, for example, www.ip2location.com. > > However, while www.ip2location provides the same location information as > from http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/, Gmail often provides rather strange > location data. when using certain USA exit nodes. > > For example: > > Freeside (76.10.214.53 - New York) identified by Gmail as United States > (CA) (76.10.214.53) > > Ennui (208.75.57.100 - San Francisco) identified by Gmail as United States > (WA) (208.75.57.100) > > Virek (76.10.214.89 - New York) identified by Gmail as United States (CA) > (76.10.214.89) > > Fejk2 (204.152.222.140 - Nevada) identified by Gmail as China > (204.152.222.140) > > If you select some USA exit nodes from http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/ and > check with Gmail you will find other examples. > > Not all exit nodes are inaccurate but the majority are. > > Why?
Both Blutmagie and ip2location give my location as Salisbury, North Carolina, which is a few counties away from my actual location. I tried another address in Road Runner and ip2location correctly stated the location as Charlotte. I guess that RR rearranged addresses months ago and I got an address that used to be in Salisbury. cmeclax _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
