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<body><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">On Tuesday, February 18, 2025 9:38:58 PM CET Peter 'PMc' Much wrote:</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> Yes, that is the point. If they have such a service, then somehow</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> they must get to that information.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> And there is only one source in the world from where they can</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> originally get my address, which is - me.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> Then they make a business of selling my own information back to me -</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">> and I would like to know how they do that.</p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Hehe.. about that... It may not be very "interesting" of an answer, but someone aptly named "Half as Interesting" on YouTube actually made a video about that.</p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh6zanS_epw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh6zanS_epw</a></p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">(Long story short, it's MaxMind's secret sauce and therefore a trade secret)</p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">-- </p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Met vriendelijke groet,</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Michael De Roover</p>
<br /><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Mail: isc@nixmagic.com</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;">Web: michael.de.roover.eu.org</p>
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