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	Don’t use IP geolocation to lock out users

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9-25-2008 7:59 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e9b0f105-ddb1-49c7-a94f-79bc82b15621/CBCA2391-CEB3-4D7C-9AA3-F555583720AE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://rusek.org/stefan/default.aspx/2008/09/24/dont-use-ip-geolocation-to-lock-out-users/65/" href="http://rusek.org/stefan/default.aspx/2008/09/24/dont-use-ip-geolocation-to-lock-out-users/65/" style="font-size: 11px;">rusek.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rusek.org/stefan/default.aspx/2008/09/24/dont-use-ip-geolocation-to-lock-out-users/65/"><H2 class="storytitle"><A rel="bookmark" href="http://rusek.org/stefan/default.aspx/2008/09/24/dont-use-ip-geolocation-to-lock-out-users/65/">Don’t use IP geolocation to lock out users</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://rusek.org/stefan/default.aspx/2008/09/24/dont-use-ip-geolocation-to-lock-out-users/65/"><P>Most companies have recognized that it is retarded to explain just how bad their location detection technology is in your error messages (but in the last couple months most have changed their error messages).  The problem with geolocation is that it is not really a reliable way to find out where someone is. Sure from a theoretical perspective it works, but in reality there are too many edge cases.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/CBCA2391-CEB3-4D7C-9AA3-F555583720AE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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