Back in 2002, a company called MaxMind had an idea: Gather up as many unique computer or smartphone IP addresses as they can, match them to a map, and sell that data to advertisers. The problem, as ...
“The acreage is quiet and remote: a farm, a pasture, an old orchard, two barns, and a two-storey house,” investigative reporter Kashmir Hill describes. “It’s the kind of place you move to if you want ...
A Kansas family whose remote farm was visited "countless times" by police trying to find missing people, hackers, identity fraudsters and stolen cars because of a glitch is suing the digital mapping ...
For the last decade, a remote farm in Potwin, Kansas has served as the digital center of the United States—at least in the database of a prominent IP address mapping company named MaxMind. Whenever ...
Ever since James and Theresa Arnold moved into their rented 623-acre farm in Butler County, Kansas, in March 2011, they have seen “countless” law enforcement officials and individuals turning up at ...